Jini makes the concept of 'plug and play' really work. To begin, we asked leaders in the Java community to offer their analyses of Jini's strengths. With the service-based architecture that Jini provides, the greatest promise is that of spontaneous networking and availability. Simply adding a service implementation or plugging in a device to the network exposes the service to all clients in the Jini federation. No more configuration hassles, no more installation hassles, no more administration hassles.
Clients become aware of new services and devices as they are added to the federation.
Clients can use these services without having knowledge of where the service is located or how the service is implemented. It's seamless and transparent to the client. This is Jini's key strength. Anne Thomas, an industry analyst with the Patricia Seybold Group, in Boston, agreed with Shah that the new technology's strong suit is its spontaneous networking capability. Jini makes the concept of 'plug and play' really work.