A
system and method that provides remoting services in a
distributed object system is provided. The
system includes a
remote object monitor and a
remote object manipulator. The
remote object monitor can provide a human readable reference to a remote object, where the human readable reference is a URL (
Uniform Resource Locator) and can include protocol information, protocol data, an application name and an object URI (
Uniform Resource Identifier). The remote object monitor can also provide
metadata concerning a remote object, where the
metadata can include information concerning interfaces implemented by a remote object, the type of a remote object, the
class hierarchy of a remote object, methods implemented by a remote object, properties implemented by a remote object and attributes implemented by a remote object. The remote object monitor can also provide entry points and code interception for custom attribute based activation
processing that can be performed before, after and / or substantially in parallel with non-attribute code associated with a remote object. The remote object monitor can also monitor and / or control the lifetime of a remote object, using, for example, a lease manager. The remote object
manipulator can also update
metadata concerning a remote object and can control the lifetime of a remote object via a lease manager, for example.