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In distributed applications, there may be partial failures of the network or of components on the network. Leasing is a way for components to register that they are alive, but to ensure that they are “timed out” if they fail or are unreachable. Leasing is the mechanism used between applications to give access to resources over a period of time in an agreed manner.

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© 2000 Jan Newmarch

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Newmarch, J. (2000). Leasing. In: A Programmer’s Guide to Jini™ Technology. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0860-0_7

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