An EJB client can obtain a handle for a remote interface instance. The handle is a binary encoding of the session state between the client and the component. The client can obtain a handle, save it to disk or mail it to another location, then reestablish the session at a later time.
In a CORBA client, you can obtain the same functionality using the Orb.object_to_string and Orb.string_to_object methods. The same restrictions apply when deserializing component proxies that apply to any other remote object.
