Unit testing RMI Servers

Howdy, 

I am trying to unit test an RMI server as part of a sanity check.

Currently, I test the server interface by creating a new instance of
the object in the same JVM as our JUnits run, however, I am looking at
a way of creating a new process and running the RMI server in that.

Rather than re-invent the wheel, I am looking to see if this has been
done before.  I imagine that many people wish to do the same thing or
have tried the same thing in the past.

Basically, what I want to do is have some kind of flag, which is
tested as part of a Junit setup method.  If we are running against a
local server interface (in the same JVM), the setup will progress as
normal, however, if we are wanting to run against a remote server
interface (in a different JVM), we should spawn a process which is the
RMI server.  In the tear down we will either de-reference the object
or terminate the process as appropriate for the scenario.

Can anyone advise of any previous work that may have been done to make
this kind of test a little easier.  I don't mind doing it the long way
I have outlined above, but if there is a neater way to go about it,
bring it on ;)

Cheers,
Whytey

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