Distributing and synchronizing objects

A system comprising:

• a first software object having data and behavior stored on a first computer;
• a second software object comprising a partial copy of said first software object obtained on a second computer, wherein said partial copy includes at least one method of the first software object and does not include at least one other method of the first software object, wherein the at least one method comprises a first computer code executable by the second computer to perform the at least one method, and the at least one other method comprises a second computer code executable by the first computer to perform the at least one other method, wherein said second software object is capable of executing without having all parts of said first software object by remotely accessing said at least one other method of said software object on said first computer;
• a policy obtained for synchronizing said first object and second object between said first computer and said second computer;
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• code configured to synchronize said first software object and said second software object based on said policy, wherein said code is enabled to transfer and merge differences between said first software object and said second software object.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein which when executed by a computer causes the computer to synchronize distributed software objects, said computer program product comprising computer readable code which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:
• copying a first object having data and behavior from a first computer across a network to a second computer;
• creating a second object having at least parts of said data and behavior, wherein said second object is capable of executing without having all parts of said data and behavior of said first object, wherein said second object includes at least one method of the first object and omitting from said second object at least one other method of the first object, wherein the at least one method comprises a first computer code executable by the second computer to perform the at least one method, and the at least one other method comprises a second computer code executable by the first computer to perform the at least one other method;
• executing said second object on said second computer, wherein said executing comprises sending a plurality of messages between said first computer and said second computer, said plurality of messages comprising remote accessing by said second object of said at least one other method of said first object;
• obtaining a policy for synchronizing said first object and second object between said first computer and said second computer;
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• synchronizing said first object and said second object between said first computer and said second computer based on said policy, wherein said synchronizing comprises transferring and merging differences between said first object and said second object.