Serially Invoke Java RMI from one server to Other

Question

is it possible to serially invoke Java RMI from server to other server ?

RMI Client 1 >--(1)--->RMI Server 1 >---(2)-----> RMI Server 2

Means on RMI Client 1 will invoke method on RMI Server 1 and that RMI server 1 will invoke method on Other RMI Server 2 acting client..for RMI Server 2 in same execution program

Please Help..

Code Here: Exception :java.lang.ClassCastException: $Proxy0 cannot be cast to interfc2

rmiserver1.java

import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.server.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;


class rmiserver1 extends UnicastRemoteObject implements interfc1
{
public rmiserver1() throws RemoteException
{
    System.out.println("RMIServer 1 Constructor ");
}


public String remote1() 
{
    System.out.println("here Calling RMIServer2 method remote2 ");
                try
                {
                    interfc2 obj2=(interfc2) Naming.lookup("rmi://localhost/rmiserver2");
                    String r2=obj2.remote2();
                    System.out.println("Result from rmiserver2 :"+r2);
                }
                catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}

    return "RMIServer1 remote 1 method return here....";

}


public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    System.out.println("RMIServer 1 Main method ");

    try
            {
                rmiserver1 p1=new rmiserver1();
                    Naming.rebind("rmiserver1",p1);

            System.out.println("RMIServer 1 rebinded ");

            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

}
 }

interfc1.java

 import java.rmi.*;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;

public interface interfc1 extends Remote
{
public String remote1() throws RemoteException;
}

interfc2.java

import java.rmi.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public interface interfc2 extends Remote
{
public String remote2() throws RemoteException;
}

rmiserver2.java

import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.server.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;


class rmiserver2 extends UnicastRemoteObject implements interfc2
{
public rmiserver2() throws RemoteException
{
    System.out.println("RMIServer 2 Constructor ");
}


public String remote2() 
{
    return "RMIServer2 remote 2 method return here....";
}


public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    System.out.println("RMIServer 2 Main method ");

    try
            {
                rmiserver1 p1=new rmiserver1();
                    Naming.rebind("rmiserver2",p1);

            System.out.println("RMIServer 2 rebinded ");

            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

}
}

rmiclient1.java

import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.server.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;



class rmiclient1  
{
public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    System.out.println("RMIClient 1 Main method");

    try
    {
        interfc1 obj1=(interfc1) Naming.lookup("rmi://localhost/rmiserver1");
        String r1=obj1.remote1();
        System.out.println("Result from rmiserver1 :"+r1);
    }
    catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
}
}

Exception on rmiserver1 prompt :

 java.lang.ClassCastException: $Proxy0 cannot be cast to interfc2
    at rmiserver1.remote1(rmiserver1.java:23)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke   (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:305)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:159)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:155)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:5
35)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTranspor
t.java:790)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport
.java:649)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExec
utor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor
.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

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Answer 1

I think that you RMI Server 1 must implement the interface for RMI Client of action 2. So it wiil be acting like a server for process 1 and a client for process 2.