Object access mechanism that dynamically switches between multiple distributed access models

A first computer system, said first computer system comprising:

• a bus;
• a central processing unit;
• computer system memory, said computer system memory being connected to said central processing unit via said bus;
• at least one server object, said server object being stored in said computer system memory;
• and
• a shipper contained in said computer system memory for execution on said central processing unit, said shipper being used to ship said at least one server object to a second computer system, said shipper being able to ship said at least one server object to said second computer system via more than one remote object access model, said shipper mechanism being capable of dynamically switching between said more than one remote object access model.

A network of computer systems, said network including a first computer system and a second computer system:

• said first computer system comprising:
• a first bus;
• a first central processing unit;
• first computer system memory, said first computer system memory being connected to said first central processing unit via said first bus;
• at least one client object contained in said first computer system memory, said client object being used to make remote object access calls to a server object,
• said second computer system comprising:
• a second bus;
• a second central processing unit;
• second computer system memory, said second computer system memory being connected to said second central processing unit via said second bus;
• said server object, said server object being contained in said second computer system memory;
• and
• a shipper contained in said computer system memory for execution on said central processing unit, said shipper being used to ship said at least one server object to a second computer system, said shipper being able to ship said at least one server object to said second computer system via more than one remote object access model, said shipper mechanism being capable of dynamically switching between said more than one remote object access model.

A computer-implemented method, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a remote object access request from a client computer system for access to a server object;
• evaluating at least one environment factor;
• and
• selecting a remote access model based on said evaluating step, said remote access model being one of at least two remote access models that are available for selection;
• and
• shipping said server object to said client computer system using said remote access model.