[TriLUG] Does JVM use the TCP/IP stack when talking through 127.0.0.1 to a nother JVM?

[Smith, Brett]

Does JVM use the TCP/IP stack when talking through 127.0.0.1 to another JVM?
This is over my head but a developer needs the answer so don't flame if I am
way off.

JVM > socket > 127.0.0.1 > socket > JVM

If it does is there a way not to use the full TCP/IP stack in Linux.
I have been told that windows does not it talks directly to the other JVM
socket.

Brett Smith 
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