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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 06:04:50 +1000 (AEST)
From: Peter <jini@zeus.net.au>
Subject: Re: OSGi - deserialization remote invocation strategy
To: "dev@river.apache.org" <dev@river.apache.org>
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In the JGDMS fork of River, in addition to Reggie's proxy returing unmarsha=
lled service proxy's from the ServiceRegistrar lookup method, SafeServiceRe=
gistrar provides a lookup method that returns instances of java.lang.reflec=
t.Proxy that implement interfaces to retrieve the service, it's attributes =
and it's codebase uri and signer certs.=0A=0AThe client can authenticate, f=
ilter and grant permissions (for deserialization and codebase download) bef=
ore retrieving the service proxy using a method call.=0A=0AIn this case the=
 service proxy is obtained by from the reflection proxy instead of Marshall=
edIstance.=0A=0ACheers,=0A=0APeter.=0A=0ASent from my Samsung device.=0A=C2=
=A0=0A=C2=A0=C2=A0Include original message=0A---- Original message ----=0AF=
rom: "Micha=C5=82 K=C5=82eczek (XPro Sp. z o. o.)" <michal.kleczek@xpro.biz=
>=0ASent: 08/02/2017 05:51:07 am=0ATo: dev@river.apache.org=0ASubject: Re: =
OSGi - deserialization remote invocation strategy=0A=0ASo I must have misun=
derstood the part about smart proxies being obtained via "reflection proxie=
s" or MarshalledInstances.=0A=0AWhat are these "reflection proxies"?=0A=0AThanks,=0AMichal=0A=0APeter wrote:=
=0ANo, no bootstrap objects.=0A=0ACheers,=0A=0APeter.=0A=0A=0A=0ASent from =
my Samsung device.=0A=C2=A0=0A=C2=A0=C2=A0Include original message=0A---- O=
riginal message ----=0AFrom: "Micha=C5=82 K=C5=82eczek (XPro Sp. z o. o.)" =
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