text: i want to know the concept of rmi in java?   the java remote method invocation api, or java rmi, is a java application programming interface for performing the object equivalent of remote procedure calls.  the java remote method invocation (rmi) system allows an object running in one java virtual machine to invoke methods on an object running in another jvm.  java remote method invocation (java rmi) provides a simple and direct model for distributed computation with java objects