Java Distributed Computing course annotation:
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Main topics (at least 1 seminar for every topic):
- Basics of Distributed Applications, Distributed Object Schemes for Java,
  Distributed ClassLoaders.
- Sockets and Streams
- CORBA
- Java RMI
- Java RMI activation
- JINI technology
- JavaSpaces
- AutoT as an example of JavaSpaces usage (lector is A. Yakushev)

Optional topics:
- Network security in JAVA
- Phoenix as an security extension of Java RMI
- Davis as an security extension of JINI

Minimal requirements to persons who want to attend seminars:
- initial knowledges about JAVA programming language (at least theoretical).

Recommended literature:
"Java Distributed Computing" by Jim Farley, 1998 O'Reilly & Associates
"Java RMI: Remote Method Invocation" by Troy Bryan Downing, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
"The Jini Specification" by Jim Waldo and others, 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
"Core JINI" by W. Keith Edwards, 1999 Prentice Hall PTR
"JavaSpaces Principles, Patterns, and Practice", by Eric Freeman and others, Sun
Microsystems, Inc.