14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution on a policy and charging rules node for providing managed object support, the machine-readable storage medium comprising: instructions for determining, at a policy and charging rules node, that the policy and charging rules node should perform a policy decision; instructions for comparing a criteria portion of at least one rule of a plurality of rules to a set of context information; instructions for identifying a rule of the plurality of rules that matches the set of context information; instructions for determining that a result portion of the identified rule includes a reference to a first managed object; instructions for retrieving the first managed object based on the reference to the first managed object, wherein the first managed object is stored separately from the identified rule; and instructions for using the first managed object as at least part of a result of the policy decision.
14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution on a policy and charging rules node for providing managed object support, the machine-readable storage medium comprising: instructions for determining, at a policy and charging rules node, that the policy and charging rules node should perform a policy decision; instructions for comparing a criteria portion of at least one rule of a plurality of rules to a set of context information; instructions for identifying a rule of the plurality of rules that matches the set of context information; instructions for determining that a result portion of the identified rule includes a reference to a first managed object; instructions for retrieving the first managed object based on the reference to the first managed object, wherein the first managed object is stored separately from the identified rule; and instructions for using the first managed object as at least part of a result of the policy decision. 20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions for using comprise instructions for including in the result of the policy decision a reference to the managed object.