FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_01-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_01-b08, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The final sentence of the class description says 'Specifically, the functions needed to create and export remote objects (i.e. to make them remotely available) are provided abstractly by RemoteServer and concretely by its subclass(es)'.

This is not and never has been true. There are no abstract methods in this class.

  See also http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4130608. The methods referred to were moved, not overridden, and they were & are static so could never have been abstract.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Always. This has been wrong for years.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Just remove the sentence.