Solution contradicts documentation

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Hi,
For two days I was caught up with the problem of rmi.ClassNotFoundException for the _stub.class while trying to register the remote object in rmiregistry.
I wrote the remote class and remote interface, started the rmiregistry, and when I tried to bind the remote object, I was getting the above mentioned error. I couldn't even get the "hello world" samples to run. The solution to the problem was:
Before starting the rmiregistry, set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;D:\my\project\bin\rmiHostDir\
rmiHostDir is where I kept the generated _stub.class. Before doing this, my problem was temporarily solved by using the command "javaw sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl" instead of rmiregistry. But I have no problems since I set the classpath before starting rmiregistry. However, the RMI documentation at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/rmi/running.html clearly mentions that one should unset the CLASSPATH before starting rmiregistry. One the other hand, documentation at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/rmi/hello/hello-world.html does not mention any such requirement of "unsetting" the CLASSPATH.
There is clearly something out of place. Can someone please explain what's happening here?
Cheers,
Namit
P.S.: I am working on java2se 1.4.1_07. Neither Naming.rebind nor LocateRegistry.getRegistry().rebind worked for me before I fixed the classpath problem.

Answer 1

java.rmi.server.codebase (1.1 and later)
See here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/docs/guide/rmi/javarmiproperties.html
This property specifies the locations from which classes that are published by this JVM (for example: stub classes, custom classes that implement the declared return type of a remote method call, or interfaces used by a proxy or stub class) may be downloaded.