Directory Integrator, Version 7.1.1
The Server API provides two sets of interfaces: one for local use and one for remote use. Both sets of interfaces provide the same calls and functionality, but reside in different Java packages.
The package com.ibm.di.api.local contains the interfaces for local access and com.ibm.di.api.remote contains the interfaces for remote access to the Server through RMI.
Detailed specification of the local and remote interfaces and their methods can be found in the JavaDoc documentation shipped with the TDI (in the docs/api folder under the root folder where TDI is installed).
All interfaces in the remote package extend java.rmi.Remote and all their methods throw java.rmi.RemoteException. The interfaces for local access on the other hand do not extend java.rmi.Remote and their methods do not throw java.rmi.RemoteException which facilitates coding and is one of the reasons to have separate set of interfaces for local and remote access.