The Interface DEFINITION Language (IDL) is an industry standard format useful for letting a Java client transparently invoke existing IDL object that reside on a remote server. In ADDITION, it ALLOWS a Java server to DEFINE objects that can be transparently invoked from IDL clients. The Java IDL system lets you define remote interfaces using the IDL interface definition language which you can then compile with the idlgen stub generator tool to GENERATE Java interface definitions and Java client and server stubs.

The Interface Definition Language (IDL) is an industry standard format useful for letting a Java client transparently invoke existing IDL object that reside on a remote server. In addition, it allows a Java server to define objects that can be transparently invoked from IDL clients. The Java IDL system lets you define remote interfaces using the IDL interface definition language which you can then compile with the idlgen stub generator tool to generate Java interface definitions and Java client and server stubs.