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[[Image:RMI-Stubs-Skeletons.svg|thumb|right|400px|A typical implementation model of Java-RMI using [[Class stub|stub]] and [[Class skeleton|skeleton]] objects. Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v1.2 removed the need for a skeleton.]]

The '''Java Remote Method Invocation''' [[Application Programming Interface]] (API), or '''Java RMI''',) is a [[Java (programming language)|Java]] [[Application programming interface|API]] that performs the object-oriented equivalent of [[remote procedure call]]s (RPC), with support for direct transfer of [[Serialization#Java|serialized]] Java objects and [[Distributed Garbage Collection|distributed garbage collection]].

# The original implementation depends on [[Java Virtual Machine]] (JVM) class representation mechanisms and it thus only supports making calls from one JVM to another. The protocol underlying this Java-only implementation is known as [[Java Remote Method Protocol]] (JRMP).