1. A method that uses a shared library mechanism to facilitate sharing objects, comprising: receiving identifiers for a set of objects to be included in a shared library; generating the shared library containing the set of objects; configuring a symbol table within the shared library to include an identifier for each object in the set of objects; installing the shared library in a file system; configuring the file system so that the shared library can be accessed through a set of symbolic names; wherein each object in the shared library is associated with a different symbolic name, so that each object can be referenced through its own symbolic name.