<s>
RMI-IIOP	B-Language
(	O
read	O
as	O
"	O
RMI	B-Language
over	I-Language
IIOP	I-Language
"	O
)	O
denotes	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Remote	I-Language
Method	I-Language
Invocation	I-Language
(	O
RMI	O
)	O
interface	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
Inter-Orb	I-Operating_System
Protocol	I-Operating_System
(	O
IIOP	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
which	O
delivers	O
Common	B-Architecture
Object	I-Architecture
Request	I-Architecture
Broker	I-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
)	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
capabilities	O
to	O
the	O
Java	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
based	O
on	O
two	O
specifications	O
:	O
the	O
Java	O
Language	O
Mapping	O
to	O
OMG	B-Architecture
IDL	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
CORBA/IIOP	O
2.3.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
features	O
inherited	O
from	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
,	O
software	O
components	O
that	O
work	O
together	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
multiple	O
computer	O
languages	O
and	O
run	O
on	O
multiple	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Java	O
RMI-IIOP	O
specification	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
applications	O
,	O
while	O
preserving	O
all	O
major	O
benefits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
and	O
IBM	O
,	O
combining	O
features	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
RMI	I-Language
technology	O
with	O
features	O
of	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RMI-IIOP	B-Language
uses	O
generated	O
code	O
for	O
remote	O
objects	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
supplementary	O
classes	O
for	O
non-trivial	O
data	O
,	O
unlike	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
and	O
RMI-IIOP	B-Language
utilize	O
the	O
General	B-Operating_System
Inter-ORB	I-Operating_System
Protocol	I-Operating_System
communication	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RMI-IIOP	B-Language
is	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Object	O
by	O
Value	O
concept	O
that	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
container	O
or	O
direct	O
replacement	O
for	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
structures	O
,	O
unions	O
,	O
sequences	O
,	O
arrays	O
and	O
strings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
separate	O
IDL	B-General_Concept
is	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
IDL	B-General_Concept
definitions	O
for	O
the	O
involved	O
RMI-IIOP	B-Language
data	O
structures	O
and	O
use	O
these	O
definitions	O
to	O
exercise	O
finer	O
control	O
between	O
RMI-IIOP	B-Language
and	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
communicating	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
RMI-IIOP	B-Language
derive	O
their	O
servants	O
from	O
the	O
standard	O
Servant	B-Protocol
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hence	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
connect	O
them	O
to	O
a	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
ORB	O
manually	O
,	O
involving	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
Portable	O
Object	O
Adapters	O
,	O
Portable	B-Architecture
Interceptors	I-Architecture
,	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
naming	O
services	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
standard	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
features	O
.	O
</s>
