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Overview
Remoting is a conversation between a client application and a service. On the client side, some functionality is required that isn't within the scope of the application. So, the application reaches out to another system that can provide the functionality. The remote application exposes the functionality through a remote service. This will be illustrated as following figure:
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The conversation between Proxy and the remote service begins with a remote procedure call (RPC) from the client to the server side. On the surface, an RPC is similar to a call to a method on a local object. Both are synchronous operations, blocking execution in the calling code until the called procedure is complete.
The difference is a matter of proximity, with an analogy in human communication. If you are at the meeting room and discuss with some people face to face, you are conducting a local conversation—that is, the conversation takes place between two people in the same room. Likewise, a local method call is one where execution flow is exchanged between two blocks of code within the same application. On the other hand, if you were to pick up the phone to call a client in another city, your conversation would be conducted remotely over the telephone network. Similarly, RPC is when execution flow is handed off from one application to another application, theoretically on a different machine in a remote location over the network.
UDTT Remote is a kind of RPC model. The client makes calls to the proxy as if the proxy were providing the service functionality. The proxy communicates with the remote service on behalf of the client. It handles the details of connecting and making remote calls to the remote service.
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Remote