Globe Object Model: Distributed Shared Objects
Globe objects are passive, with one or more interfaces.
Multiple processes may simultaneously access same object.
Changes to object’s state made by one process are madae visible to the others.
Objects are physically distributed: state is partitioned and replicated across multiple machines.
Processes are unaware of this: operations and state are encapsulated by object.
Implementation aspects (communication protocols, replication strategies, distribution and migration of state) are part of object and hidden.