Background saving for client runing on rmi

Question

Hello I have a client side application that gets its data from an arraylist object that is sent over the rmi network from the server.
When ever a client logs on. The server allows the client to access its resources for only one hour
I want the client to be able to restore its data in case of pc failure i.e. power failure etc
When the client logs back in after pc failure i want it that the server should reset the client to the state it was before it disconnected.
I was thinking of using a background thread that saves the current state of the client lets says every 2mins but i cant seem to put it all together so i was looking for advice from experts here on how i can save the current state of a client and restore it back when needed.
Thanks.
Edited by: xcellng on Feb 17, 2008 5:06 PM

Answer 1

so i implement Serializable every 2mins have the background thread write status of client to a file also use deleteOnExit(); to delete file only on clean JVM shutDown.
so now when client logs back in from a pc failure this is how i plan to restore client status back:
//assuming i  have a file tempFile that stores clients status
have a client call back method
have the server call that method to check if tempFile exist
if tempFile exist load client details from tempFile
else use defualt client settings from serveris this right?