Distributing and synchronizing objects

A system comprising

• a first computer;
• an object stored on said first computer, the object being a programming unit that includes executable methods and data operated on by the methods;
• a second computer configured to obtain a copy of said object from said first computer;
• a policy for synchronizing said object and said copy of said object;
• and
• code configured to synchronize said object and said copy of said object based on said policy.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable storage medium comprising;

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to synchronize objects, said computer program product comprising:
• computer readable code configured to cause a second computer to obtain a copy of an object from a first computer across a network, the object being a programming unit that includes executable methods and data operated on by the methods;
• computer readable code configured to cause a computer to obtain a policy for synchronizing said data and behavior between said first computer and said second computer;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to synchronize said data and behavior between said first computer and said second computer based on said policy.