RMI server: rmiregistry or LocateRegistry.createRegistry

Question

For RMI on server-side, do we need to start rmiregistry program, or just call LocateRegistry.createRegistry? If both are possible, what are the advant

Answer 1

If you are writing a standalone java application you would want to start your own rmiregistry but if you are writing a J2EE app that obviously runs inside a J2EE container then you want to "LocateRegistry" as there is already one running on the app server!