Patent ID: 7174556

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for administration in a distributed object-oriented data processing environment, comprising: sending from a first data processing apparatus to an object to be administered associated with a second data processing apparatus, a first object for obtaining a first copy of said object to be administered, wherein the object to be administered is a queue object; receiving by said first data processing apparatus, a second object comprising said first copy; in response to receiving said second object, obtaining a third object, in which said third object comprises a second copy of said object to be administered; applying one or more updates to said third object; sending said updated third object and said first copy to said object to be administered; obtaining a current copy of the object to be administered and determining if said current copy of the object to be administered and said first copy object to be administered match; and in response to a successful determining step, replacing said object to be administered with said updated third object.