Abstract: A system and method are described in which skeletons and/or stubs are manipulated based on deployment information. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: compiling source code to generate program code executable on an application server comprised of a plurality of different virtual machines, the program code containing stubs and/or skeletons; analyzing the program code to identify stubs and/or skeletons generated for objects which are located within the same virtual machine and/or the same physical machine; removing the stubs and/or skeletons for those objects which are located in the same virtual machine and/or same physical machine to generate modified program code; and deploying the modified program code.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a timer service for program components. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for a timer for a program component. The method further includes establishing the timer for the program component, where the program component timer is implemented as a shared session. A timeout is received for the generated program component timer, and the timeout is resolved for the program component.

Abstract: Embodiments include a timeout event management system that registers timeout events and checks for and corrects inaccuracies in timing caused by hibernation or system time changes. The timeout event management system may trigger an event after an intended delay time or at an intended expiration time. A handler program may be called in response to the triggered timeout. In an additional embodiment, the timeout system may track timeout events in a priority queue data structure.