Java I/O streams and RMI

Perhaps every programmer working with Java RMI (Remote Method Invocation) comes to the point when he/she recognizes that java.io.Input/OutputStream classes do not implement java.io.Serializable interface – so that they cannot be used as remote methods’ arguments or return values. I/O streams are usually tightly bound to a file descriptor or a network connection so its reasonable that they should not be used outside the local JVM.

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