A processing system includes a plurality of processing resources capable of executing a plurality of objects. The objects include a client object and one or more server objects. The client object is capable of requesting a service provided by at least one of the one or more server objects. The processing system also includes at least one hardware engine capable of receiving a request for the service from the processing resource executing the client object, formatting one or more messages associated with the requested service, and communicating the one or more messages to the processing resource executing at least one of the one or more server objects that provides the requested service.