1. A method for maintaining state information in a client processing object, comprising: defining a state information data object corresponding to a JAVA Mbean; allocating memory for an instantiation of the state information data object; populating the instantiation with information concerning a state of the JAVA Mbean; passing the JAVA Mbean and the instantiation to a JMX host; and processing an updated version of the instantiation as a return value from the JMX host.