How can I get the underlying object from the ObjectReference

Question

Dear friends,
I think this question has been asked a couple of times. But, I am still wondering if anybody has found an answer to it. Maybe this is some common need ...
I would like to get the underlying object for which the ObjectReference is
a mirror For example, I have a class Customer in my application, and I can get an ObjectReference through JDI during runtime. But how can I get the target VM's object which is a real instance of Customer, by which I can invoke methods defined in Customer?
Thank you so much for any input!
SunnyDay

Answer 1

I'll preface this response by admitting this far from an elegant solution, but I did write a function addressing this question, mostly as an exercise.
If passed an object with an InTextFrame property (Pgf, AFrame, Cell, Fn) that resides in an open document, the function will return the Doc object. Otherwise, it returns undefined.
function getParentDoc(testObj) {
    //Get object for current page
    try { var curPage = testObj.InTextFrame.FrameParent.PageFramePage; }
    catch(er) {return;}
    //Step backwards to first page in document
    var prevPage = curPage.PagePrev;
    while (prevPage.ObjectValid())
        curPage = prevPage;
        prevPage = prevPage.PagePrev;
    //Compare with first pages of open documents
    var testDoc = app.FirstOpenDoc;
    while (testDoc.ObjectValid())
        if (curPage.id==testDoc.FirstBodyPageInDoc.id) return testDoc;
        testDoc = testDoc.NextOpenDocInSession;    
    return;
To your PPS: Rather than seeing the native framework grow bloated to address additional features, I would love to see Adobe and other developers publish libraries of useful functions and class extensions.