RMI Server : GUI

Question

Is it possible to have the Server side be a GUI application? All of the examples I have seen are just command line applications.
I tried creating a GUI in my Server class but it seems to never create the gui. Does anybody know what I am doing wrong?
Here is my Server class:
import java.util.Vector;
import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject;
public class MyServer extends UnicastRemoteObject
                        implements MyServerIft {
      * The name of an object of this remote class.
      private static String myName;
      /** Handle to the MyServerGUI class.  Through this handle all methods in the MyServerGUI class are accessed.
      private MyServerGUI theView;
      public MyServer(String name) throws RemoteException {
            ///// Call our base class to construct our remote object
            ///// and listen for incoming calls for the remote object
            ///// on an anonymous port.
            super();
            ////// Set the name for our remote object.
            myName = name;
      public boolean submitSongs(Vector playList, String username) throws java.rmi.RemoteException {
           //Do your stuff
          return true;
       public static void main(String args[]) {
            try {
               ///// Instantiate ourselve to get things started.
               MyServer me = new MyServer("MyServer");
                   //////// CREATE MY GUI ////////////
               new MyServerGUI(me);
               System.setSecurityManager(new RMISecurityManager());
               Naming.rebind(myName, me);
            catch (Exception e) {
                 System.out.println("MyServer - Exception Caught:\n" +
                                                         e.getMessage());
}Thanks,
Andrew

Answer 1

I have the same problem. However, my server is a JFrame implementing a Remote interface. in other words, the server does not extend UnicastRemoteObject. But this is not the issue.
The issue is when the server recieves a method call, the frame does not updates after properties change. For instance, a JTextArea does not append!!
I tried SwingUtilities.invokeLater(), I also tried using the previous method using the main Threadgroup! But nothing went good!
Any help!