- Wire Protocols: Constricting and Fragile
- Objects on the Network
- The API Defines the Network Interface
- Late Binding Insulates Developers
- The Power of Write Once, Run Anywhere
- Capitalizing on the Simplifying Assumptions of Java Technology
- Objects on the Network
- Jini Technology Matters in Small Devices
- Summary
3.9 Summary
The Jini technology vision incorporates many of the preexisting advantages of Java technology and extends them to the network. Java and Jini technologies on small devices provide more flexibility and room for growth. Software is made up of class types on a network which interoperate using common interfaces.
The abstraction of the implementation enables the devices from different vendors to interoperate. Devices can be updated on the fly with new information to keep devices from becoming stale. The devices on the edges of the network can continue to participate with services and other devices by taking part in the Jini technology framework and using Java technology's dynamic class loading to the fullest extent.