diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 11ff5b2ec1a..ed6bb411bdc 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Require-Bundle: com.sap.sailing.domain,
  org.objenesis;bundle-version="1.3.0",
  org.junit4;bundle-version="4.8.2",
  org.json.simple;bundle-version="1.1.0",
- com.sap.sse.common
+ com.sap.sse.common,
+ com.sap.sse.replication
 Export-Package: com.sap.sailing.domain.test,
  com.sap.sailing.domain.test.mock
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 1b0da8d8d32..ca5fb94e6b8 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ Require-Bundle: com.googlecode.java-diff-utils;bundle-version="1.3.0",
  com.sap.sailing.geocoding,
  com.sap.sse.datamining.shared;bundle-version="1.0.0",
  com.sap.sse.common,
- com.sap.sse
+ com.sap.sse,
+ com.sap.sse.replication
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/DomainFactory.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/DomainFactory.java
index 5c7bd10c123..d24eacc32eb 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/DomainFactory.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/DomainFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.sap.sailing.domain.tracking.MarkPassing;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.tracking.TrackedRace;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.tracking.TrackedRegattaRegistry;
 import com.sap.sse.common.TimePoint;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache;
 
 public interface DomainFactory extends SharedDomainFactory {
     /**
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public interface DomainFactory extends SharedDomainFactory {
      * de-serialized instances need to be replaced by / resolved to the counterparts already known by this factory.
      * The stream returned by this method can be used 
      */
-    ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException;
+    ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache<DomainFactory> createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException;
     
     ScoringScheme createScoringScheme(ScoringSchemeType scoringSchemeType);
 
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory.java
deleted file mode 100755
index f99cefceae6..00000000000
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package com.sap.sailing.domain.base;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
-import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
-
-import com.sap.sse.common.IsManagedByCache;
-
-/**
- * During de-serialization, resolves objects managed by a {@link DomainFactory} using the domain factory instance passed
- * to the constructor. Additionally, class loading is managed using the current thread's context class loader which is
- * required in and works well for OSGi environments.
- * <p>
- * 
- * Create an instance of this class using
- * {@link DomainFactory#createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(InputStream)}.
- * 
- * @author Axel Uhl (D043530)
- * 
- */
-public abstract class ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory extends ObjectInputStream implements HasDomainFactory {
-    private final DomainFactory domainFactory;
-    
-    /**
-     * Package protected on purpose; instances to be created using
-     * {@link DomainFactory#createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(InputStream)}. This constructor
-     * {@link #enableResolveObject(boolean) enables resolving} by default.
-     */
-    protected ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory(InputStream in, DomainFactory domainFactory) throws IOException {
-        super(in);
-        this.domainFactory = domainFactory;
-        enableResolveObject(true);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public DomainFactory getDomainFactory() {
-        return domainFactory;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Class<?> resolveClass(ObjectStreamClass classDesc) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
-        String className = classDesc.getName();
-        // see http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6554519
-        // If using loadClass(...) on the class loader directly, an exception is thrown:
-        // StreamCorruptedException: invalid type code 00
-        return Class.forName(className, /* initialize */ true, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    protected Object resolveObject(Object o) {
-        Object result;
-        if (o instanceof IsManagedByCache) {
-            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-            IsManagedByCache<SharedDomainFactory> castResult = ((IsManagedByCache<SharedDomainFactory>) o).resolve(getDomainFactory());
-            result = castResult;
-        } else {
-            result = o;
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/DomainFactoryImpl.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/DomainFactoryImpl.java
index 85b5c593805..898f9a24e6f 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/DomainFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/DomainFactoryImpl.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.CompetitorStore;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.DomainFactory;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.Fleet;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.Mark;
-import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.RaceColumn;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.RaceDefinition;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.Waypoint;
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ import com.sap.sailing.geocoding.ReverseGeocoder;
 import com.sap.sse.common.TimePoint;
 import com.sap.sse.common.Util;
 import com.sap.sse.common.impl.MillisecondsTimePoint;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache;
 
 public class DomainFactoryImpl extends SharedDomainFactoryImpl implements DomainFactory {
     private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DomainFactoryImpl.class.getName());
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class DomainFactoryImpl extends SharedDomainFactoryImpl implements Domain
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+    public ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache<DomainFactory> createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
         return new ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl(inputStream, this);
     }
 
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl.java
index ec42320df84..dc24656d2c4 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.domain/src/com/sap/sailing/domain/base/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.DomainFactory;
-import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache;
 
-public class ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl extends ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory {
+public class ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl extends ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache<DomainFactory> {
     ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactoryImpl(InputStream in, DomainFactory domainFactory)
             throws IOException {
         super(in, domainFactory);
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui.test/src/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/test/SailingServiceImplMock.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui.test/src/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/test/SailingServiceImplMock.java
index 71105220035..e4edc14689a 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui.test/src/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/test/SailingServiceImplMock.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui.test/src/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/test/SailingServiceImplMock.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui.test;
 
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ import com.sap.sailing.domain.tracking.TrackerManager;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.tractracadapter.TracTracAdapterFactory;
 import com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui.server.SailingServiceImpl;
 import com.sap.sailing.server.RacingEventService;
-import com.sap.sailing.server.RacingEventServiceOperation;
 import com.sap.sailing.server.impl.RacingEventServiceImpl;
 import com.sap.sailing.xrr.resultimport.schema.RegattaResults;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationService;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.AbstractReplicablesProvider;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ReplicationInstancesManager;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ReplicationServiceImpl;
 
@@ -60,24 +60,20 @@ public class SailingServiceImplMock extends SailingServiceImpl {
     }
     
     @Override
-    protected ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<RacingEventService>, ReplicationService<RacingEventService>> createAndOpenReplicationServiceTracker(
+    protected ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService> createAndOpenReplicationServiceTracker(
             BundleContext context) {
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-        ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<RacingEventService>, ReplicationService<RacingEventService>> result = mock(ServiceTracker.class);
+        ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService> result = mock(ServiceTracker.class);
         try {
-            final ReplicationServiceImpl<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>> replicationService =
-                    new ReplicationServiceImpl<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>>("test exchange", "localhost", 0,
-                            new ReplicationInstancesManager<RacingEventService>()) {
-                @Override
-                protected ServiceTracker<Replicable<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>>, Replicable<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>>> getReplicableTracker() {
-                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    ServiceTracker<Replicable<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>>, Replicable<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>>> result =
-                        (ServiceTracker<Replicable<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>>, Replicable<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>>>) mock(ServiceTracker.class);
-                    doReturn("Humba Humba").when(result).toString();
-                    when(result.getService()).thenReturn(new RacingEventServiceImpl());
-                    return result;
-                }
-            };
+            final RacingEventService replicable = new RacingEventServiceImpl();
+            final ReplicationServiceImpl replicationService =
+                    new ReplicationServiceImpl("test exchange", "localhost", 0,
+                            new ReplicationInstancesManager(), new AbstractReplicablesProvider() {
+                                @Override
+                                public Iterable<Replicable<?, ?>> getReplicables() {
+                                    return Collections.<Replicable<?, ?>>singleton(replicable);
+                                }
+                            });
             when(result.getService()).thenReturn(replicationService);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException();
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/src/main/java/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/server/SailingServiceImpl.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/src/main/java/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/server/SailingServiceImpl.java
index 71f187ccf07..40aed307ac0 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/src/main/java/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/server/SailingServiceImpl.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/src/main/java/com/sap/sailing/gwt/ui/server/SailingServiceImpl.java
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public class SailingServiceImpl extends ProxiedRemoteServiceServlet implements S
 
     private final ServiceTracker<RacingEventService, RacingEventService> racingEventServiceTracker;
 
-    private final ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<RacingEventService>, ReplicationService<RacingEventService>> replicationServiceTracker;
+    private final ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService> replicationServiceTracker;
 
     private final ServiceTracker<ResultUrlRegistry, ResultUrlRegistry> resultUrlRegistryServiceTracker;
 
@@ -662,10 +662,10 @@ public class SailingServiceImpl extends ProxiedRemoteServiceServlet implements S
         return new ScoreCorrectionProviderDTO(scoreCorrectionProvider.getName(), hasResultsForBoatClassFromDateByEventName);
     }
 
-    protected ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<RacingEventService>, ReplicationService<RacingEventService>> createAndOpenReplicationServiceTracker(
+    protected ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService> createAndOpenReplicationServiceTracker(
             BundleContext context) {
-        ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<RacingEventService>, ReplicationService<RacingEventService>> result =
-                new ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<RacingEventService>, ReplicationService<RacingEventService>>(
+        ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService> result =
+                new ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService>(
                 context, ReplicationService.class.getName(), null);
         result.open();
         return result;
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ public class SailingServiceImpl extends ProxiedRemoteServiceServlet implements S
         return racingEventServiceTracker.getService(); // grab the service
     }
 
-    private ReplicationService<RacingEventService> getReplicationService() {
+    private ReplicationService getReplicationService() {
         return replicationServiceTracker.getService();
     }
     
@@ -3193,12 +3193,12 @@ public class SailingServiceImpl extends ProxiedRemoteServiceServlet implements S
 
     @Override
     public ReplicationStateDTO getReplicaInfo() {
-        ReplicationService<RacingEventService> service = getReplicationService();
+        ReplicationService service = getReplicationService();
         Set<ReplicaDTO> replicaDTOs = new HashSet<ReplicaDTO>();
         for (ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor : service.getReplicaInfo()) {
-            final Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<RacingEventService, ?>>, Integer> statistics = service.getStatistics(replicaDescriptor);
+            final Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer> statistics = service.getStatistics(replicaDescriptor);
             Map<String, Integer> replicationCountByOperationClassName = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
-            for (Entry<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<RacingEventService, ?>>, Integer> e : statistics.entrySet()) {
+            for (Entry<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer> e : statistics.entrySet()) {
                 replicationCountByOperationClassName.put(e.getKey().getName(), e.getValue());
             }
             replicaDTOs.add(new ReplicaDTO(replicaDescriptor.getIpAddress().getHostName(), replicaDescriptor
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server.replication.test/src/com/sap/sailing/server/replication/test/AbstractServerReplicationTest.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.server.replication.test/src/com/sap/sailing/server/replication/test/AbstractServerReplicationTest.java
index d637d193f7c..dfc4629532e 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.server.replication.test/src/com/sap/sailing/server/replication/test/AbstractServerReplicationTest.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server.replication.test/src/com/sap/sailing/server/replication/test/AbstractServerReplicationTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.sap.sailing.server.RacingEventServiceOperation;
 import com.sap.sailing.server.impl.RacingEventServiceImpl;
 import com.sap.sse.common.Util;
 import com.sap.sse.mongodb.MongoDBService;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationMasterDescriptor;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationService;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.Activator;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerReplicationTest {
     protected RacingEventServiceImpl master;
     protected ReplicationServiceTestImpl replicaReplicator;
     private ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor;
-    private ReplicationServiceImpl<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>> masterReplicator;
+    private ReplicationServiceImpl masterReplicator;
     private ReplicationMasterDescriptor  masterDescriptor;
     
     @Rule public Timeout AbstractTracTracLiveTestTimeout = new Timeout(5 * 60 * 1000); // timeout after 5 minutes
@@ -167,17 +168,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerReplicationTest {
         replicaReplicator.stopToReplicateFromMaster();
     }
     
-    static class ReplicationServiceTestImpl extends ReplicationServiceImpl<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>> {
+    static class ReplicationServiceTestImpl extends ReplicationServiceImpl {
         protected static final int INITIAL_LOAD_PACKAGE_SIZE = 1024*1024;
         private final DomainFactory resolveAgainst;
         private final RacingEventService master;
         private final ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor;
-        private final ReplicationService<RacingEventService> masterReplicationService;
+        private final ReplicationService masterReplicationService;
         private final ReplicationMasterDescriptor masterDescriptor;
         
         public ReplicationServiceTestImpl(String exchangeName, String exchangeHost, DomainFactory resolveAgainst,
-                ReplicationInstancesManager<RacingEventService> replicationInstancesManager, ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor,
-                RacingEventService replica, RacingEventService master, ReplicationService<RacingEventService> masterReplicationService,
+                ReplicationInstancesManager replicationInstancesManager, ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor,
+                RacingEventService replica, RacingEventService master, ReplicationService masterReplicationService,
                 ReplicationMasterDescriptor masterDescriptor)
                 throws IOException {
             super(exchangeName, exchangeHost, replicationInstancesManager, replica);
@@ -248,17 +249,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerReplicationTest {
             return initialLoadTestServerThread;
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Ignore the master descriptor and replicate from the local master passed to the constructor instead.
-         */
-//        @Override
-//        public void startToReplicateFrom(ReplicationMasterDescriptor master) throws IOException,
-//                ClassNotFoundException {
-//            Replicator replicator = startToReplicateFromButDontYetFetchInitialLoad(master, /* startReplicatorSuspended */ true);
-//            initialLoad();
-//            replicator.setSuspended(false); // resume after initial load
-//        }
-
         protected Replicator<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>> startToReplicateFromButDontYetFetchInitialLoad(ReplicationMasterDescriptor master, boolean startReplicatorSuspended)
                 throws IOException {
             masterReplicationService.registerReplica(replicaDescriptor);
@@ -291,10 +281,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerReplicationTest {
                     }
                 }
             }.start();
-            ObjectInputStream dis = resolveAgainst.createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(pis);
-            getReplicable().clearReplicaState();
-            getReplicable().initiallyFillFrom(dis);
-            dis.close();
+            for (Replicable<?, ?> replicable : getReplicables()) {
+                replicable.clearReplicaState();
+                replicable.initiallyFillFrom(pis);
+            }
+            pis.close();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/RacingEventService.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/RacingEventService.java
index 10caee74a56..f6b71219109 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/RacingEventService.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/RacingEventService.java
@@ -69,29 +69,37 @@ import com.sap.sse.common.Util.Triple;
 import com.sap.sse.common.search.KeywordQuery;
 import com.sap.sse.common.search.Result;
 import com.sap.sse.common.search.Searchable;
-import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ReplicableWithObjectInputStream;
 
 /**
- * An OSGi service that can be used to track boat races using a TracTrac connector that pushes
- * live GPS boat location, waypoint, coarse and mark passing data.<p>
+ * An OSGi service that can be used to track boat races using a TracTrac connector that pushes live GPS boat location,
+ * waypoint, coarse and mark passing data.
+ * <p>
  * 
  * If a race/regatta is already being tracked, another {@link #addTracTracRace(URL, URI, URI, WindStore, long)} or
- * {@link #addRegatta(URL, URI, URI, WindStore, long)} call will have no effect, even if a different
- * {@link WindStore} is requested.<p>
+ * {@link #addRegatta(URL, URI, URI, WindStore, long)} call will have no effect, even if a different {@link WindStore}
+ * is requested.
+ * <p>
  * 
- * When the tracking of a race/regatta is {@link #stopTracking(Regatta, RaceDefinition) stopped}, the next
- * time it's started to be tracked, a new {@link TrackedRace} at least will be constructed. This also
- * means that when a {@link TrackedRegatta} exists that still holds other {@link TrackedRace}s, the
- * no longer tracked {@link TrackedRace} will be removed from the {@link TrackedRegatta}.
- * corresponding information is removed also from the {@link DomainFactory}'s caches to ensure that
- * clean, fresh data is received should another tracking request be issued later.
+ * When the tracking of a race/regatta is {@link #stopTracking(Regatta, RaceDefinition) stopped}, the next time it's
+ * started to be tracked, a new {@link TrackedRace} at least will be constructed. This also means that when a
+ * {@link TrackedRegatta} exists that still holds other {@link TrackedRace}s, the no longer tracked {@link TrackedRace}
+ * will be removed from the {@link TrackedRegatta}. corresponding information is removed also from the
+ * {@link DomainFactory}'s caches to ensure that clean, fresh data is received should another tracking request be issued
+ * later.
+ * <p>
+ * 
+ * During receiving the initial load for a replication in {@link #initiallyFillFromInternal(java.io.ObjectInputStream)},
+ * tracked regattas read from the stream are observed (see {@link RaceListener}) by this object for automatic updates to
+ * the default leaderboard and for automatic linking to leaderboard columns. It is assumed that no explicit replication
+ * of these operations will happen based on the changes performed on the replication master.
  * 
  * @author Axel Uhl (d043530)
  *
  */
 public interface RacingEventService extends TrackedRegattaRegistry, RegattaFetcher, RegattaRegistry, RaceFetcher,
         LeaderboardRegistry, EventResolver, LeaderboardGroupResolver, TrackerManager, Searchable<LeaderboardSearchResult, KeywordQuery>,
-        Replicable<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>> {
+        ReplicableWithObjectInputStream<RacingEventService, RacingEventServiceOperation<?>> {
     @Override
     Regatta getRegatta(RegattaName regattaName);
 
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/impl/RacingEventServiceImpl.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/impl/RacingEventServiceImpl.java
index 8ee5c741a9b..ea489b80ec6 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/impl/RacingEventServiceImpl.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/impl/RacingEventServiceImpl.java
@@ -325,8 +325,7 @@ public class RacingEventServiceImpl implements RacingEventServiceWithTestSupport
     /**
      * This author should be used for server generated race log events
      */
-    private final RaceLogEventAuthor raceLogEventAuthorForServer = new RaceLogEventAuthorImpl(
-            RacingEventService.class.getName(), 0);
+    private final RaceLogEventAuthor raceLogEventAuthorForServer = new RaceLogEventAuthorImpl(RacingEventService.class.getName(), 0);
 
     /**
      * Allow only one master data import at a time to avoid situation where multiple Imports override each other in
@@ -2129,7 +2128,7 @@ public class RacingEventServiceImpl implements RacingEventServiceWithTestSupport
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void serializeForInitialReplication(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException {
+    public void serializeForInitialReplicationInternal(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException {
         StringBuffer logoutput = new StringBuffer();
 
         logger.info("Serializing events...");
@@ -2191,8 +2190,7 @@ public class RacingEventServiceImpl implements RacingEventServiceWithTestSupport
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all the casts of ois.readObject()'s return value to Map<..., ...>
     // the type-parameters in the casts of the de-serialized collection objects can't be checked
     @Override
-    public void initiallyFillFrom(ObjectInputStream ois) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException,
-            InterruptedException {
+    public void initiallyFillFromInternal(ObjectInputStream ois) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException {
         logger.info("Performing initial replication load on " + this);
         ClassLoader oldContextClassloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         try {
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/masterdata/MasterDataImporter.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/masterdata/MasterDataImporter.java
index ec585d60e16..ae0912fd725 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/masterdata/MasterDataImporter.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server/src/com/sap/sailing/server/masterdata/MasterDataImporter.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.Competitor;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.CompetitorStore;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.DomainFactory;
-import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.Regatta;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.impl.MasterDataImportInformation;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.base.impl.RegattaImpl;
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import com.sap.sailing.domain.persistence.MongoRaceLogStoreFactory;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.racelog.RaceLogStore;
 import com.sap.sailing.server.RacingEventService;
 import com.sap.sailing.server.operationaltransformation.ImportMasterDataOperation;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache;
 
 public class MasterDataImporter {
     private final DomainFactory baseDomainFactory;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class MasterDataImporter {
 
     public void importFromStream(InputStream inputStream, UUID importOperationId, boolean override) throws IOException,
             ClassNotFoundException {
-        ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstDomainFactory objectInputStream = racingEventService.getBaseDomainFactory()
+        ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache<DomainFactory> objectInputStream = racingEventService.getBaseDomainFactory()
                 .createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(inputStream);
         racingEventService
                 .createOrUpdateDataImportProgressWithReplication(importOperationId, 0.03, "Reading Data", 0.5);
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/Replicable.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/Replicable.java
index 482e1c83e95..04dec321ac4 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/Replicable.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/Replicable.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
@@ -11,33 +12,46 @@ import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 import com.sap.sse.common.WithID;
 import com.sap.sse.operationaltransformation.Operation;
 import com.sap.sse.operationaltransformation.OperationWithTransformationSupport;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache;
 
 /**
- * Represents a replicable part of an application. Such a replicable part is usually holder of the application state and
- * central transaction / operation processing unit. Processing {@link Operation operations} generally happens by
- * {@link Operation#applyTo(Object) applying} operations to this replicable. As such, this replicable plays the
- * role of the <code>toState</code> argument in the {@link Operation#applyTo(Object)} method calls.<p>
+ * Represents a replicable part of an application. Such a replicable part is usually holder of application state and a
+ * transaction / operation processing unit. Processing {@link Operation operations} generally happens by
+ * {@link Operation#applyTo(Object) applying} operations to this replicable. As such, this replicable plays the role of
+ * the <code>toState</code> argument in the {@link Operation#applyTo(Object)} method calls.
+ * <p>
  * 
- * In addition to being the operation processor, a replicable must be able to serialize its state for the initial
- * load of a replica, and it must be able to initialize its state from this serialized form.<p>
+ * In addition to being the operation processor, a replicable must be able to serialize its state for the initial load
+ * of a replica, and it must be able to initialize its state from this serialized form. In doing so it is important to
+ * not include state that is controlled by another replicable. References to such objects need to be <em>transient</em>
+ * which means they are not serialized together with the initial load of this replica. If such references need to be
+ * re-established after de-serialization then they need to represented by some key which can later be looked up in the
+ * other replicable which can be discovered through the OSGi service registry on the receiving end.
+ * <p>
  * 
- * For operation and initial load serialization, a replicable must provide a specialized {@link ObjectInputStream} that
- * ensures that on the receiving end there are no two Java object copies representing the same domain object where this
- * matters. This is particularly important for objects with mutable state that otherwise may run inconsistent when only
- * one of the multiple copies gets modified. Typically, the object input stream uses some sort of cache and overrides
- * the {@link ObjectInputStream#resolveObject} method, and the types whose objects are de-serialized need to co-operate by
+ * For operation and initial load serialization, a replicable is provided an {@link InputStream} from which to read the
+ * operations and the initial load. A typical implementation for reading the stream's contents will use a specialized
+ * {@link ObjectInputStream} such as a specialization of {@link ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache} that ensures
+ * that on the receiving end there are no two Java object copies representing the same domain object where this matters.
+ * This is particularly important for objects with mutable state that otherwise may run inconsistent when only one of
+ * the multiple copies gets modified. Typically, the object input stream uses some sort of cache and overrides the
+ * {@link ObjectInputStream#resolveObject} method, and the types whose objects are de-serialized need to co-operate by
  * implementing a marker interface telling the specialized object input stream to use the cache when resolving objects
- * of that type.<p>
+ * of that type.
+ * <p>
  * 
  * Several {@link Replicable} instances can share the same replication service and the same set of replication channels.
  * In order to participate in replication, {@link Replicable} objects need to be registered as OSGi services for the
  * {@link Replicable} interface. The replication service will dynamically discover the {@link Replicable} objects when
- * initial load is requested and when an {@link Operation} is received. The initial load streams as well as each replication
- * operation need to identify the {@link Replicable} they refer to. This identification is added as an OSGi service registry
- * parameter that is used during service discovery.
+ * initial load is requested and when an {@link Operation} is received. The initial load streams as well as each
+ * replication operation need to identify the {@link Replicable} they refer to. This identification is added as an OSGi
+ * service registry parameter that is used during service discovery.
  * 
- * @param <S> the type of state to which the operations are applied; usually this will be set to the implementing subclass
- * @param <O> type of operation that the replicable accepts
+ * @param <S>
+ *            the type of state to which the operations are applied; usually this will be set to the implementing
+ *            subclass
+ * @param <O>
+ *            type of operation that the replicable accepts
  * 
  * @author Axel Uhl (D043530)
  *
@@ -51,12 +65,6 @@ public interface Replicable<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> extends With
      */
     final String OSGi_Service_Registry_ID_Property_Name = "ID";
     
-    /**
-     * Produces an object input stream that can choose to resolve objects against a cache so that duplicate instances
-     * are avoided.
-     */
-    ObjectInputStream createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(InputStream is) throws IOException;
-
     /**
      * Executes an operation whose effects need to be replicated to any replica of this service known and
      * {@link OperationExecutionListener#executed(OperationWithTransformationSupport) notifies} all registered
@@ -64,6 +72,11 @@ public interface Replicable<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> extends With
      */
     <T> T apply(OperationWithResult<S, T> operation);
 
+    /**
+     * An operation execution listener must be able to process notifications of operations being executed that have
+     * type <code>S</code> or any more specific type. The listener can achieve this also by accepting any type more general than
+     * <code>S</code>.
+     */
     void addOperationExecutionListener(OperationExecutionListener<S> listener);
 
     void removeOperationExecutionListener(OperationExecutionListener<S> listener);
@@ -80,27 +93,32 @@ public interface Replicable<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> extends With
     void clearReplicaState() throws MalformedURLException, IOException, InterruptedException;
 
     /**
-     * Dual, reading operation for {@link #serializeForInitialReplication(ObjectOutputStream)}. In other words, when
-     * this operation returns, this service instance is in a state "equivalent" to that of the service instance that
-     * produced the stream contents in its {@link #serializeForInitialReplication(ObjectOutputStream)}. "Equivalent"
-     * here means that a replica will have equal sets of regattas, tracked regattas, leaderboards and leaderboard groups but
-     * will not have any active trackers for wind or positions because it relies on these elements to be sent through
-     * the replication channel.
+     * Dual, reading operation for {@link #serializeForInitialReplication(OutputStream)}. In other words, when this
+     * operation returns, this service instance is in a state "equivalent" to that of the service instance that produced
+     * the stream contents in its {@link #serializeForInitialReplication(OutputStream)}. "Equivalent" here means that a
+     * replica will have equal sets of objects serialized in the initial load but will usually not have any transient
+     * processes replicated that are responsible for building and maintaining the state on the master side because it
+     * relies on these elements to be sent through the replication channel.
      * <p>
      * 
-     * Tracked regattas read from the stream are observed (see {@link RaceListener}) by this object for automatic updates
-     * to the default leaderboard and for automatic linking to leaderboard columns. It is assumed that no explicit
-     * replication of these operations will happen based on the changes performed on the replication master.<p>
-     * 
      * <b>Caution:</b> All relevant contents of this service instance needs to be cleared before by a call to
      * {@link #clearReplicaState()}. It will be replaced by the stream contents.
      */
-    void initiallyFillFrom(ObjectInputStream ois) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException;
+    void initiallyFillFrom(InputStream is) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException;
 
     /**
-     * Produces a one-shot serializable copy of those elements required for replication into <code>oos</code> so that
-     * afterwards the {@link RacingEventServiceOperation}s can be {@link #apply(RacingEventServiceOperation) applied} to
-     * maintain consistency with the master copy of the service. The dual operation is {@link #initiallyFillFrom}.
+     * Produces a one-shot serializable copy of those elements required for replication into <code>os</code> by wrapping
+     * that stream by an {@link ObjectOutputStream} so that afterwards the {@link OperationWithResult}s can be
+     * {@link #apply(OperationWithResult) applied} to maintain consistency with the master copy of the service. The dual
+     * operation is {@link #initiallyFillFrom}.
      */
-    void serializeForInitialReplication(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException;
+    void serializeForInitialReplication(OutputStream os) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * From an input stream, reads an operation that can be {@link #apply(OperationWithResult) applied} to this object.
+     * Separating reading and applying gives clients an opportunity to queue operations, e.g., in order to wait until
+     * receiving and {@link #initiallyFillFrom(InputStream) filling} the initial load has completed.
+     * @throws ClassNotFoundException 
+     */
+    O readOperation(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
 }
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicablesProvider.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicablesProvider.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..4c3e765ceac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicablesProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.sap.sse.replication;
+
+
+public interface ReplicablesProvider {
+    /**
+     * Listeners of this type can be registered and de-registered using
+     * {@link ReplicablesProvider#addReplicableLifeCycleListener(ReplicableLifeCycleListener)} and
+     * {@link ReplicablesProvider#removeReplicableLifeCycleListener(ReplicableLifeCycleListener)}. They will be notified of
+     * {@link Replicable}s being added to or removed from this server instance. A replication service may use this to
+     * start listening to operations executed by a new {@link Replicable} or stop observing one that is being removed.
+     * 
+     * @author Axel Uhl (D043530)
+     *
+     */
+    public static interface ReplicableLifeCycleListener {
+        void replicableAdded(Replicable<?, ?> replicable);
+        void replicableRemoved(Replicable<?, ?> replicable);
+    }
+    
+    Iterable<Replicable<?, ?>> getReplicables();
+
+    /**
+     * Tries to obtain a {@link Replicable> by its {@link Replicable#getId() ID}, converted to a string using {@link Object#toString()}
+     * on the ID.
+     * 
+     * @return <code>null</code> if no such replicable can be found; the replicable otherwise
+     */
+    Replicable<?, ?> getReplicable(String replicableIdAsString);
+    
+    void addReplicableLifeCycleListener(ReplicableLifeCycleListener listener);
+    
+    void removeReplicableLifeCycleListener(ReplicableLifeCycleListener listener);
+}
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationMasterDescriptor.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationMasterDescriptor.java
index eabe6fd3a61..9d865f089c2 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationMasterDescriptor.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationMasterDescriptor.java
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ public interface ReplicationMasterDescriptor {
     URL getReplicationDeRegistrationRequestURL(UUID uuid) throws MalformedURLException;
 
     /**
-     * The content produced by the URL returned is the name of the queue from which the client can read the
-     * initial load using a {@link RabbitInputStreamProvider}.
+     * The content produced by the URL returned is the name of the queue from which the client can read the initial load
+     * using a {@link RabbitInputStreamProvider}.
+     * 
+     * @param replicables
+     *            the replicables for which to request the initial load
      */
-    URL getInitialLoadURL() throws MalformedURLException;
+    URL getInitialLoadURL(Iterable<Replicable<?, ?>> replicables) throws MalformedURLException;
 
     int getMessagingPort();
     
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationService.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationService.java
index 0c974d1d99a..d123e2e6deb 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationService.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/ReplicationService.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import com.sap.sse.replication.impl.ReplicationServlet;
  *
  * @param <S> the type representing the master's state
  */
-public interface ReplicationService<S> {
+public interface ReplicationService {
     static String SAILING_SERVER_REPLICATION_TOPIC = "SailingServerReplicationTopic";
 
     /**
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public interface ReplicationService<S> {
      * For a replica replicating off this master, provides statistics in the form of number of operations sent to that
      * replica by type, where the operation type is the key, represented as the operation's class name
      */
-    Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>, Integer> getStatistics(ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor);
+    Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer> getStatistics(ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor);
     
     double getAverageNumberOfOperationsPerMessage(ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor);
 
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/AbstractReplicablesProvider.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/AbstractReplicablesProvider.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5bb73bf9a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/AbstractReplicablesProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.sap.sse.replication.impl;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicablesProvider;
+
+public abstract class AbstractReplicablesProvider implements ReplicablesProvider {
+    private final Set<ReplicableLifeCycleListener> listeners;
+    
+    public AbstractReplicablesProvider() {
+        this.listeners = new HashSet<>();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public void addReplicableLifeCycleListener(ReplicableLifeCycleListener listener) {
+        listeners.add(listener);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeReplicableLifeCycleListener(ReplicableLifeCycleListener listener) {
+        listeners.remove(listener);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This default implementation loops over the result of {@link #getReplicables()} and returns the first object whose
+     * {@link Replicable#getId() ID} equals the value of the parameter <code>replicableIdAsString</code>.
+     * 
+     * @throws NoSuchElementException if no replicable by that name is found
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Replicable<?, ?> getReplicable(String replicableIdAsString) {
+        return StreamSupport.stream(getReplicables().spliterator(), /* parallel */false)
+                .filter(r -> r.getId().toString().equals(replicableIdAsString)).findAny().orElse(null);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Activator.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Activator.java
index 914953f391b..a4e83b02162 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Activator.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Activator.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class Activator implements BundleActivator {
     public static final String PROPERTY_NAME_REPLICATE_MASTER_QUEUE_PORT = "replicate.master.queue.port";
     public static final String PROPERTY_NAME_REPLICATE_MASTER_EXCHANGE_NAME = "replicate.master.exchange.name";
 
-    private ReplicationInstancesManager<?> replicationInstancesManager;
+    private ReplicationInstancesManager replicationInstancesManager;
     
     private static BundleContext defaultContext;
     
@@ -110,15 +110,15 @@ public class Activator implements BundleActivator {
         } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
             logger.severe("Couldn't parse the replication port specification \""+exchangePortAsString+"\". Using default.");
         }
-        replicationInstancesManager = new ReplicationInstancesManager<>();
-        ReplicationService<?> serverReplicationMasterService = new ReplicationServiceImpl<>(
-                exchangeName, exchangeHost, exchangePort, replicationInstancesManager);
+        replicationInstancesManager = new ReplicationInstancesManager();
+        ReplicationService serverReplicationMasterService = new ReplicationServiceImpl(
+                exchangeName, exchangeHost, exchangePort, replicationInstancesManager, new OSGiReplicableTracker(bundleContext));
         bundleContext.registerService(ReplicationService.class, serverReplicationMasterService, null);
         logger.info("Registered replication service "+serverReplicationMasterService+" using exchange name "+exchangeName+" on host "+exchangeHost);
         checkIfAutomaticReplicationShouldStart(serverReplicationMasterService, exchangeName);
     }
     
-    private void checkIfAutomaticReplicationShouldStart(ReplicationService<?> serverReplicationMasterService, String masterExchangeName) {
+    private void checkIfAutomaticReplicationShouldStart(ReplicationService serverReplicationMasterService, String masterExchangeName) {
         String replicateOnStart = System.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_REPLICATE_ON_START);
         if (Boolean.valueOf(replicateOnStart)) {
             logger.info("Configuration requested automatic replication. Starting it up...");
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/HasReplicable.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/HasReplicable.java
deleted file mode 100755
index 34049861d3d..00000000000
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/HasReplicable.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package com.sap.sse.replication.impl;
-
-import com.sap.sse.replication.OperationWithResult;
-import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
-
-public interface HasReplicable<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> {
-    Replicable<S, O> getReplicable();
-}
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/OSGiReplicableTracker.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/OSGiReplicableTracker.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0b12589c218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/OSGiReplicableTracker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package com.sap.sse.replication.impl;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;
+import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker;
+import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTrackerCustomizer;
+
+import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
+
+/**
+ * Uses an OSGi {@link ServiceTracker} to track and follow the set of {@link Replicable} objects registered with
+ * the OSGi service registry under that interface and uses the information and the events from the tracker to
+ * prepare the responses to the {@link #getReplicable(String)} and {@link #getReplicables()} method calls.
+ * 
+ * @author Axel Uhl (D043530)
+ *
+ */
+public class OSGiReplicableTracker extends AbstractReplicablesProvider {
+    private final ServiceTracker<Replicable<?, ?>, Replicable<?, ?>> serviceTracker;
+    private final Map<String, ServiceReference<Replicable<?, ?>>> serviceReferenceByIdAsString;
+    private final Map<ServiceReference<Replicable<?, ?>>, String> idAsStringByServiceReference;
+    private final BundleContext bundleContext;
+    
+    public OSGiReplicableTracker(final BundleContext bundleContext) {
+        this.bundleContext = bundleContext;
+        this.serviceReferenceByIdAsString = new HashMap<>();
+        this.idAsStringByServiceReference = new HashMap<>();
+        this.serviceTracker = new ServiceTracker<Replicable<?, ?>, Replicable<?, ?>>(
+                bundleContext, Replicable.class.getName(), new ServiceTrackerCustomizer<Replicable<?, ?>, Replicable<?, ?>>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public Replicable<?, ?> addingService(ServiceReference<Replicable<?, ?>> reference) {
+                        final Replicable<?, ?> result = bundleContext.getService(reference);
+                        serviceReferenceByIdAsString.put(result.getId().toString(), reference);
+                        idAsStringByServiceReference.put(reference, result.getId().toString());
+                        return result;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void removedService(ServiceReference<Replicable<?, ?>> reference,
+                            Replicable<?, ?> service) {
+                        serviceReferenceByIdAsString.remove(idAsStringByServiceReference.get(reference));
+                        idAsStringByServiceReference.remove(reference);
+                    }
+                    
+                    @Override public void modifiedService(ServiceReference<Replicable<?, ?>> reference, Replicable<?, ?> service) {}
+                });
+        serviceTracker.open();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public Iterable<Replicable<?, ?>> getReplicables() {
+        return Arrays.asList(serviceTracker.getServices(new Replicable<?, ?>[0]));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Replicable<?, ?> getReplicable(String replicableIdAsString) {
+        return bundleContext.getService(serviceReferenceByIdAsString.get(replicableIdAsString));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache.java
index 1b1cb3d372b..fda698e4c91 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache.java
@@ -9,15 +9,22 @@ import com.sap.sse.common.IsManagedByCache;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
 
 /**
- * During de-serialization, resolves objects managed by a {@link DomainFactory} using the domain factory instance passed
- * to the constructor. Additionally, class loading is managed using the current thread's context class loader which is
- * required in and works well for OSGi environments.
+ * During de-serialization, resolves objects managed by a cache of type <C> using a cache of that type passed to the
+ * constructor. Objects are identified as being managed by such a cache by means of the marker interface
+ * {@link IsManagedByCache} that their classes then have to implement, telling how resolving against the cache
+ * has to work for instances of that type.
  * <p>
  * 
- * Create an instance of this class using
- * {@link DomainFactory#createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstThisFactory(InputStream)}.
+ * Additionally, class loading is managed using the current thread's context class loader which is required in and works
+ * well for OSGi environments.
+ * <p>
  * 
- * @param <C> the cache type used for resolving objects
+ * Create an instance of this class by first creating a subclass in the bundle that has all the dependencies required to
+ * resolve all the classes whose instances are to be read from the stream and then instantiating this subclass. Otherwise,
+ * the stream won't be able to find the classes. To make this need clear, this class is declared <code>abstract</code>.
+ * 
+ * @param <C>
+ *            the cache type used for resolving objects
  * 
  * @author Axel Uhl (D043530)
  * 
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicableWithObjectInputStream.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicableWithObjectInputStream.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c2a1aa855d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicableWithObjectInputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.sap.sse.replication.impl;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import com.sap.sse.replication.OperationWithResult;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
+
+public interface ReplicableWithObjectInputStream<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> extends Replicable<S, O> {
+    /**
+     * Produces an object input stream that can choose to resolve objects against a cache so that duplicate instances
+     * are avoided.
+     */
+    ObjectInputStream createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(InputStream is) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Implementation of {@link #initiallyFillFrom(InputStream)} which receives an {@link ObjectInputStream} instead of
+     * an {@link InputStream}. The {@link ObjectInputStream} is expected to have been produced by
+     * {@link #createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(InputStream)}.
+     */
+    void initiallyFillFromInternal(ObjectInputStream is) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException;
+
+    /**
+     * Implementation of {@link #serializeForInitialReplication(OutputStream)}, using an {@link ObjectOutputStream}.
+     */
+    void serializeForInitialReplicationInternal(ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Implementation of {@link #readOperation(InputStream)}, using the {@link ObjectInputStream} created by
+     * {@link #createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(InputStream)}.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    default O readOperationInternal(ObjectInputStream ois) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
+        return (O) ois.readObject();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    default void initiallyFillFrom(InputStream is) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException {
+        initiallyFillFromInternal(createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(is));
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Wraps <code>os</code> by an {@link ObjectOutputStream} and invokes
+     * {@link #serializeForInitialReplicationInternal(ObjectOutputStream)}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    default void serializeForInitialReplication(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
+        serializeForInitialReplicationInternal(new ObjectOutputStream(os));
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    default O readOperation(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        return readOperationInternal(createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(inputStream));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationInstancesManager.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationInstancesManager.java
index 390e68be032..f9b2517cc32 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationInstancesManager.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationInstancesManager.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationMasterDescriptor;
  *
  * @param <S> the state to which replication operations are applied
  */
-public class ReplicationInstancesManager<S> {
+public class ReplicationInstancesManager {
 
     /**
      * The set of descriptors of all registered slaves. All broadcast operations will send the messages to all
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class ReplicationInstancesManager<S> {
      */
     private Set<ReplicaDescriptor> replicaDescriptors;
     
-    private Map<ReplicaDescriptor, Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>, Integer>> replicationCounts;
+    private Map<ReplicaDescriptor, Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer>> replicationCounts;
     
     /**
      * Used to calculate the average number of operations per message sent/received for each replica.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class ReplicationInstancesManager<S> {
 
     public ReplicationInstancesManager() {
         replicaDescriptors = new HashSet<ReplicaDescriptor>();
-        replicationCounts = new HashMap<ReplicaDescriptor, Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>,Integer>>();
+        replicationCounts = new HashMap<ReplicaDescriptor, Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>,Integer>>();
         totalMessageCount = new HashMap<>();
         totalNumberOfOperations = new HashMap<>();
         totalQueueMessagesRawSizeInBytes = new HashMap<ReplicaDescriptor, Long>();
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class ReplicationInstancesManager<S> {
     
     public void registerReplica(ReplicaDescriptor replica) {
         replicaDescriptors.add(replica);
-        replicationCounts.put(replica, new HashMap<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>, Integer>());
+        replicationCounts.put(replica, new HashMap<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer>());
     }
 
     public void unregisterReplica(ReplicaDescriptor replica) {
@@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ public class ReplicationInstancesManager<S> {
      */
     public void log(List<Class<?>> classes, long sizeOfQueueMessageInBytes) {
         for (ReplicaDescriptor replica : getReplicaDescriptors()) {
-            Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>, Integer> counts = replicationCounts.get(replica);
+            Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer> counts = replicationCounts.get(replica);
             if (counts == null) {
-                counts = new HashMap<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>, Integer>();
+                counts = new HashMap<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer>();
                 replicationCounts.put(replica, counts);
             }
             for (Class<?> replicatedOperationClass : classes) {
                 // safe because replicatedOperation is declared of type RacingEventserviceOperation<T>
                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> operationClass = (Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>) replicatedOperationClass;
+                Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>> operationClass = (Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>) replicatedOperationClass;
                 Integer count = counts.get(operationClass);
                 if (count == null) {
                     count = 0;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class ReplicationInstancesManager<S> {
         }
     }
     
-    public Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>, Integer> getStatistics(ReplicaDescriptor replica) {
+    public Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer> getStatistics(ReplicaDescriptor replica) {
         return replicationCounts.get(replica);
     }
     
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationMasterDescriptorImpl.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationMasterDescriptorImpl.java
index fe403ca9bf8..1d2b9745d9d 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationMasterDescriptorImpl.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationMasterDescriptorImpl.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.rabbitmq.client.Connection;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.QueueingConsumer;
 import com.sap.sse.BuildVersion;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationMasterDescriptor;
 
 public class ReplicationMasterDescriptorImpl implements ReplicationMasterDescriptor {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public class ReplicationMasterDescriptorImpl implements ReplicationMasterDescrip
     }
 
     @Override
-    public URL getInitialLoadURL() throws MalformedURLException {
+    public URL getInitialLoadURL(Iterable<Replicable<?, ?>> replicables) throws MalformedURLException {
         return new URL("http", getHostname(), servletPort, REPLICATION_SERVLET + "?" + ReplicationServlet.ACTION + "="
                 + ReplicationServlet.Action.INITIAL_LOAD.name());
     }
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServiceExecutionListener.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServiceExecutionListener.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3e17d3d1c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServiceExecutionListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.sap.sse.replication.impl;
+
+import com.sap.sse.replication.OperationExecutionListener;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.OperationWithResult;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
+
+/**
+ * Listens for operation execution notifications from a single {@link Replicable} object. It asks the
+ * {@link ReplicationServiceImpl} it was passed at construction to
+ * {@link ReplicationServiceImpl#broadcastOperation(OperationWithResult, Replicable<S, O>) broadcast} the operation to any interested
+ * replica.
+ * 
+ * @author Axel Uhl (D043530)
+ *
+ * @param <S>
+ */
+public class ReplicationServiceExecutionListener<S> implements OperationExecutionListener<S> {
+    private final ReplicationServiceImpl replicationService;
+    private final Replicable<S, ?> replicable;
+    
+    /**
+     * {@link Replicable#addOperationExecutionListener(OperationExecutionListener) Adds} this new listener to the <code>replicable</code>
+     */
+    protected ReplicationServiceExecutionListener(ReplicationServiceImpl replicationService, Replicable<S, ?> replicable) {
+        super();
+        this.replicationService = replicationService;
+        this.replicable = replicable;
+        this.replicable.addOperationExecutionListener(this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@link #broadcastOperation(OperationWithResult, Replicable<S, O>) Broadcasts} the <code>operation</code> to all registered
+     * replicas by publishing it to the fan-out exchange.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <T> void executed(OperationWithResult<S, T> operation) {
+        try {
+            replicationService.broadcastOperation(operation, replicable);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void unsubscribe() {
+        this.replicable.removeOperationExecutionListener(this);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServiceImpl.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServiceImpl.java
index f6d41bd0185..b465364991b 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServiceImpl.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServiceImpl.java
@@ -2,18 +2,20 @@ package com.sap.sse.replication.impl;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -30,37 +32,48 @@ import com.rabbitmq.client.Channel;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.QueueingConsumer;
 import com.sap.sse.BuildVersion;
+import com.sap.sse.common.Util;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.OperationExecutionListener;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.OperationWithResult;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicablesProvider;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicablesProvider.ReplicableLifeCycleListener;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationMasterDescriptor;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationService;
 
 /**
- * Can observe a {@link Replicable} for the operations it performs that require replication. Only observes as long as
- * there are replicas registered. If the last replica is de-registered, the service stops observing the
- * {@link Replicable}. Operations received that require replication are sent to the {@link Exchange} to which replica
- * queues can bind, using a {@link Replicator}. The exchange name and connectivity information for the message queuing
- * system is provided to this service during construction.
+ * Manages a set of observers of {@link Replicable}, receiving notifications for the operations they perform that
+ * require replication. This service provides the connectivity and central management including central keeping of
+ * replication statistics for this server instance. Triggering the broadcast of an operation notified by a
+ * {@link Replicable} is in the responsibility of each individual observer.
  * <p>
  * 
- * This service object {@link Replicable#addOperationExecutionListener(OperationExecutionListener) registers} as
- * listener at the {@link Replicable} so it {@link #executed(OperationWithResult) receives} notifications about
- * operations executed by the {@link Replicable} that require replication if and only if there is at least one
- * replica registered.
+ * The observers are registered only when there are replicas registered. If the last replica is de-registered, the
+ * service stops observing the {@link Replicable}. Operations received that require replication are sent to the
+ * {@link Exchange} to which replica queues can bind, using a {@link Replicator}. By prefixing each message with the
+ * {@link Object#toString()} representation of the {@link Replicable}'s {@link Replicable#getId() ID} the receiver can
+ * determine to which {@link Replicable} to forward the operation. As such, this service multiplexes the replication
+ * channels for potentially many {@link Replicable}s living in this server instance.
+ * <p>
+ * 
+ * The exchange name and connectivity information for the message queuing system are provided to this service during
+ * construction.
+ * <p>
+ * 
+ * This service object {@link Replicable#addOperationExecutionListener(OperationExecutionListener) registers} individual
+ * listeners at the {@link Replicable}s so it {@link #executed(OperationWithResult) receives} notifications about
+ * operations executed by the {@link Replicable} that require replication if and only if there is at least one replica
+ * registered.
  * 
  * @author Frank Mittag, Axel Uhl (d043530)
  * 
  */
-public class ReplicationServiceImpl<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements ReplicationService<S>,
-OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
+public class ReplicationServiceImpl implements ReplicationService {
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ReplicationServiceImpl.class.getName());
     
-    private final ReplicationInstancesManager<S> replicationInstancesManager;
+    private final ReplicationInstancesManager replicationInstancesManager;
     
-    private final ServiceTracker<Replicable<S, O>, Replicable<S, O>> replicableTracker;
-    
-    private final Replicable<S, O> localService;
+    private final ReplicablesProvider replicablesProvider;
     
     /**
      * <code>null</code>, if this instance is not currently replicating from some master; the master's descriptor otherwise
@@ -102,7 +115,9 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
      * For this instance running as a replica, the replicator receives messages from the master's queue and applies them
      * to the local replica.
      */
-    private Replicator<S, O> replicator;
+    private Replicator replicator;
+    
+    private final Set<ReplicationServiceExecutionListener<?>> executionListeners;
     
     private Thread replicatorThread;
     
@@ -120,6 +135,17 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
      * are replaced or cleared when the timer scoops up the currently buffered operations to send them out.
      */
     private ByteArrayOutputStream outboundBuffer;
+    
+    /**
+     * The {@link #outboundBuffer} contains a message with serialized operations originating from a single
+     * {@link Replicable} whose {@link Replicable#getId() ID} is written as its string value to the beginning
+     * of the stream using {@link DataOutputStream#writeUTF(String)}. When an operation of a {@link Replicable}
+     * with a different ID is to be {@link #broadcastOperation(OperationWithResult, Replicable) broadcast}, the
+     * existing {@link #outboundBuffer} needs to be transmitted and a new one is started for the {@link Replicable}
+     * now wanting to replicate an operation. Access is synchronized, as for {@link #outboundBuffer} using the
+     * {@link #outboundBufferMonitor}.
+     */
+    private String outboundBufferReplicableIdAsString;
 
     /**
      * An object output stream that writes to {@link #outboundBuffer}. Operations are serialized into this stream until the timer
@@ -173,51 +199,52 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
      */
     private long messageCount;
     
-    /**
-     * @param exchangeName name of the fan-out exchange to which replication operations will be sent
-     * @param exchangeHost name of the host under which the RabbitMQ server can be reached 
-     * @param exchangePort port of the RabbitMQ server, or 0 for default port
-     */
-    public ReplicationServiceImpl(String exchangeName, String exchangeHost, int exchangePort, final ReplicationInstancesManager<S> replicationInstancesManager) throws IOException {
-        this(exchangeName, exchangeHost, exchangePort, replicationInstancesManager, /* localService */ null, /* create ReplicableServiceTracker */ true);
+    private class LifeCycleListener implements ReplicableLifeCycleListener {
+        @Override
+        public void replicableAdded(Replicable<?, ?> replicable) {
+            addNewOperationExecutionListener(replicable);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void replicableRemoved(Replicable<?, ?> replicable) {
+            // TODO
+        }
     }
     
-    private ReplicationServiceImpl(String exchangeName, String exchangeHost,
-            int exchangePort, final ReplicationInstancesManager<S> replicationInstancesManager,
-            Replicable<S, O> localService, boolean createReplicableServiceTracker) throws IOException {
+    /**
+     * @param exchangeName
+     *            name of the fan-out exchange to which replication operations will be sent
+     * @param exchangeHost
+     *            name of the host under which the RabbitMQ server can be reached
+     * @param exchangePort
+     *            port of the RabbitMQ server, or 0 for default port
+     * @param replicablesProvider
+     *            lets this service request the currently known {@link Replicable} objects to be observed for
+     *            replication; it also offers this service the possibility to register for life cycle events of those
+     *            {@link Replicable} objects so that this service can stop observing them for operations to be
+     *            replicated when they have been removed, or start observing new {@link Recpliable} objects that were
+     *            added.
+     */
+    public ReplicationServiceImpl(String exchangeName, String exchangeHost,
+            int exchangePort, final ReplicationInstancesManager replicationInstancesManager,
+            ReplicablesProvider replicablesProvider) throws IOException {
         timer = new Timer("ReplicationServiceImpl timer for delayed task sending");
+        executionListeners = new HashSet<>();
         this.replicationInstancesManager = replicationInstancesManager;
         replicaUUIDs = new HashMap<ReplicationMasterDescriptor, String>();
-        if (createReplicableServiceTracker) {
-            replicableTracker = getReplicableTracker();
-            replicableTracker.open();
-        } else {
-            replicableTracker = null;
-        }
-        this.localService = localService;
+        this.replicablesProvider = replicablesProvider;
         this.exchangeName = exchangeName;
         this.exchangeHost = exchangeHost;
         this.exchangePort = exchangePort;
+        replicablesProvider.addReplicableLifeCycleListener(new LifeCycleListener());
         replicator = null;
         serverUUID = UUID.randomUUID();
         logger.info("Setting " + serverUUID.toString() + " as unique replication identifier.");
         
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Like {@link #ReplicationServiceImpl(String, ReplicationInstancesManager)}, only that instead of using an OSGi
-     * service tracker to discover the {@link Replicable}, the service to replicate is "injected" here.
-     * 
-     * @param exchangeName
-     *            the name of the exchange to which replicas can bind
-     */
-    public ReplicationServiceImpl(String exchangeName, String exchangeHost,
-            final ReplicationInstancesManager<S> replicationInstancesManager, Replicable<S, O> localService) throws IOException {
-        this(exchangeName, exchangeHost, 0, replicationInstancesManager, localService, /* create ReplicableServiceTracker */ false);
-    }
-    
-    protected ServiceTracker<Replicable<S, O>, Replicable<S, O>> getReplicableTracker() {
-        return new ServiceTracker<Replicable<S, O>, Replicable<S, O>>(
+    protected ServiceTracker<Replicable<?, ?>, Replicable<?, ?>> getReplicableTracker() {
+        return new ServiceTracker<Replicable<?, ?>, Replicable<?, ?>>(
                 Activator.getDefaultContext(), Replicable.class.getName(), null);
     }
     
@@ -247,15 +274,8 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
         return result;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Replicable<S, O> getReplicable() {
-        Replicable<S, O> result;
-        if (localService != null) {
-            result = localService;
-        } else {
-            result = replicableTracker.getService();
-        }
-        return result;
+    private Iterable<Replicable<?, ?>> getReplicables() {
+        return replicablesProvider.getReplicables();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -273,7 +293,14 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
     }
     
     private void addAsListenerToReplicables() {
-        getReplicable().addOperationExecutionListener(this);
+        for (Replicable<?, ?> replicable : getReplicables()) {
+            addNewOperationExecutionListener(replicable);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private <S> void addNewOperationExecutionListener(Replicable<S, ?> replicable) {
+        final ReplicationServiceExecutionListener<S> listener = new ReplicationServiceExecutionListener<S>(this, replicable);
+        executionListeners.add(listener);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -292,29 +319,41 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
     }
 
     private void removeAsListenerFromReplicables() {
-        getReplicable().removeOperationExecutionListener(this);
+        for (ReplicationServiceExecutionListener<?> listener : executionListeners) {
+            listener.unsubscribe();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Schedules a single operation for broadcast. The operation is added to {@link #outboundBuffer}, and if not already scheduled,
-     * a {@link #timer} is created and scheduled to send in {@link #TRANSMISSION_DELAY_MILLIS} milliseconds.
+     * Schedules a single operation for broadcast. The operation is added to {@link #outboundBuffer}, and if not already
+     * scheduled, a {@link #timer} is created and scheduled to send in {@link #TRANSMISSION_DELAY_MILLIS} milliseconds.
+     * 
+     * @param replicable
+     *            the replicable by which the operation was executed that now will be broadcast to all replicas; the {@link Replicable#getId() ID}
+     *            of this replica in its string form will be used to prefix the operation
      */
-    private void broadcastOperation(OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation) throws IOException {
+    <S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> void broadcastOperation(OperationWithResult<?, ?> operation, Replicable<S, O> replicable) throws IOException {
         // need to write the operations one by one, making sure the ObjectOutputStream always writes
         // identical objects again if required because they may have changed state in between
         ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
         oos.writeObject(operation);
         oos.close();
-        final byte[] bytes = bos.toByteArray();
+        final byte[] serializedOperation = bos.toByteArray();
         synchronized (outboundBufferMonitor) {
+            final String replicaIdAsString = replicable.getId().toString();
+            if (outboundBuffer != null && !Util.equalsWithNull(outboundBufferReplicableIdAsString, replicaIdAsString)) {
+                flushBufferToRabbitMQ(); // operation from a replicable different from that for which operations are buffered so far --> flush
+            } // still holding the monitor, so no other broadcast request from a different replicable can step in between
             if (outboundBuffer == null) {
                 outboundBuffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                outboundBufferReplicableIdAsString = replicaIdAsString;
                 GZIPOutputStream zipper = new GZIPOutputStream(outboundBuffer);
+                new DataOutputStream(zipper).writeUTF(replicaIdAsString);
                 outboundObjectBuffer = new ObjectOutputStream(zipper);
                 outboundBufferClasses = new ArrayList<>();
             }
-            outboundObjectBuffer.writeObject(bytes);
+            outboundObjectBuffer.writeObject(serializedOperation);
             outboundBufferClasses.add(operation.getClass());
             if (outboundBuffer.size() > TRIGGER_MESSAGE_SIZE_IN_BYTES) {
                 logger.info("Triggering replication because buffer holds " + outboundBuffer.size()
@@ -367,6 +406,7 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
                 classesOfOperationsToSend = outboundBufferClasses;
                 doSend = true;
                 outboundBuffer = null;
+                outboundBufferReplicableIdAsString = null;
                 outboundObjectBuffer = null;
                 outboundBufferClasses = null;
             } else {
@@ -407,6 +447,11 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
         return replicatingFromMaster;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The peer for this method is
+     * {@link ReplicationServlet#doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse)}
+     * which implements the initial load sending process.
+     */
     @Override
     public void startToReplicateFrom(ReplicationMasterDescriptor master) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException {
         logger.info("Starting to replicate from "+master);
@@ -430,30 +475,35 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
             throw ex;
         }
         logger.info("Connection to exchange successful.");
-        URL initialLoadURL = master.getInitialLoadURL();
+        final Iterable<Replicable<?, ?>> replicables = replicablesProvider.getReplicables();
+        URL initialLoadURL = master.getInitialLoadURL(replicables);
         logger.info("Initial load URL is "+initialLoadURL);
-        replicator = new Replicator<S, O>(master, this, /* startSuspended */ true, consumer);
         // start receiving messages already now, but start in suspended mode
-        replicatorThread = new Thread(replicator, "Replicator receiving from "+master.getMessagingHostname()+"/"+master.getExchangeName());
-        final Replicable<?, ?> replicable = getReplicable();
-        // clear Replicable state here, before starting to receive and de-serialized operations which builds up new state, e.g., in competitor store
-        replicable.clearReplicaState(); // see also bug 2437
+        replicator = new Replicator(master, replicablesProvider, /* startSuspended */true, consumer);
+        // clear Replicable state here, before starting to receive and de-serialized operations which builds up
+        // new state, e.g., in competitor store
+        for (Replicable<?, ?> r : getReplicables()) {
+            r.clearReplicaState();
+        }
+        replicatorThread = new Thread(replicator, "Replicator receiving from " + master.getMessagingHostname() + "/"
+                + master.getExchangeName());
         replicatorThread.start();
         logger.info("Started replicator thread");
         InputStream is = initialLoadURL.openStream();
         final String queueName = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)).readLine();
+        RabbitInputStreamProvider rabbitInputStreamProvider = new RabbitInputStreamProvider(master.createChannel(),
+                queueName);
         try {
-            RabbitInputStreamProvider rabbitInputStreamProvider = new RabbitInputStreamProvider(master.createChannel(), queueName);
-            ObjectInputStream ois = replicable.createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(
-                            new GZIPInputStream(rabbitInputStreamProvider.getInputStream()));
-            logger.info("Starting to receive initial load");
-            replicable.initiallyFillFrom(ois);
-            logger.info("Done receiving initial load");
-            replicator.setSuspended(false); // apply queued operations
+            for (Replicable<?, ?> replicable : getReplicables()) {
+                logger.info("Starting to receive initial load");
+                replicable.initiallyFillFrom(new GZIPInputStream(rabbitInputStreamProvider.getInputStream()));
+                logger.info("Done receiving initial load");
+                replicator.setSuspended(false); // apply queued operations
+            }
         } finally {
             // delete initial load queue
             DeleteOk deleteOk = consumer.getChannel().queueDelete(queueName);
-            logger.info("Deleted queue "+queueName+" used for initial load: "+deleteOk.toString());
+            logger.info("Deleted queue " + queueName + " used for initial load: " + deleteOk.toString());
         }
     }
 
@@ -498,25 +548,12 @@ OperationExecutionListener<S>, HasReplicable<S, O> {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@link #broadcastOperation(OperationWithResult) Broadcasts} the <code>operation</code> to all registered
-     * replicas by publishing it to the fan-out exchange.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public <T> void executed(OperationWithResult<S, T> operation) {
-        try {
-            broadcastOperation(operation);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
     protected void registerReplicaUuidForMaster(String uuid, ReplicationMasterDescriptor master) {
         replicaUUIDs.put(master, uuid);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>>, Integer> getStatistics(ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor) {
+    public Map<Class<? extends OperationWithResult<?, ?>>, Integer> getStatistics(ReplicaDescriptor replicaDescriptor) {
         return replicationInstancesManager.getStatistics(replicaDescriptor);
     }
     
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServlet.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServlet.java
index 6fa8e052ad7..fe65fc79478 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServlet.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/ReplicationServlet.java
@@ -52,19 +52,20 @@ public class ReplicationServlet extends AbstractHttpServlet {
      */
     private static final int INITIAL_LOAD_PACKAGE_SIZE = 1024*1024;
 
-    private ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<?>, ReplicationService<?>> replicationServiceTracker;
+    public static final String REPLICA_IDS_AS_STRINGS_COMMA_SEPARATED = "replicaIdsAsStringsCommaSeparated";
+
+    private final ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService> replicationServiceTracker;
     
-    private ServiceTracker<Replicable<?, ?>, Replicable<?, ?>> replicableServiceTracker;
+    private final OSGiReplicableTracker replicablesProvider;
     
     public ReplicationServlet() throws Exception {
         BundleContext context = Activator.getDefaultContext();
-        replicationServiceTracker = new ServiceTracker<ReplicationService<?>, ReplicationService<?>>(context, ReplicationService.class.getName(), null);
+        replicablesProvider = new OSGiReplicableTracker(context);
+        replicationServiceTracker = new ServiceTracker<ReplicationService, ReplicationService>(context, ReplicationService.class.getName(), null);
         replicationServiceTracker.open();
-        replicableServiceTracker = new ServiceTracker<Replicable<?, ?>, Replicable<?, ?>>(context, Replicable.class.getName(), null);
-        replicableServiceTracker.open();
     }
 
-    protected ReplicationService<?> getReplicationService() {
+    protected ReplicationService getReplicationService() {
         return replicationServiceTracker.getService();
     }
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public class ReplicationServlet extends AbstractHttpServlet {
             deregisterClientWithReplicationService(req, resp);
             break;
         case INITIAL_LOAD:
+            String[] replicableIdsAsStrings = req.getParameter(REPLICA_IDS_AS_STRINGS_COMMA_SEPARATED).split(",");
             Channel channel = getReplicationService().createMasterChannel();
             RabbitOutputStream ros = new RabbitOutputStream(INITIAL_LOAD_PACKAGE_SIZE, channel,
                     /* queueName */ "initialLoad-for-"+req.getRemoteHost()+"@"+new Date()+"-"+UUID.randomUUID(),
@@ -98,15 +100,18 @@ public class ReplicationServlet extends AbstractHttpServlet {
                     ros, /* log every megabyte */1024l * 1024l, Level.INFO,
                     "HTTP output for initial load for " + req.getRemoteHost());
             final GZIPOutputStream gzipOutputStream = new GZIPOutputStream(countingOutputStream);
-            ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(gzipOutputStream);
-            try {
-                getReplicable().serializeForInitialReplication(oos);
-                gzipOutputStream.finish();
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                logger.info("Error trying to serialize initial load for replication: "+e.getMessage());
-                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "doGet", e);
-                resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-                e.printStackTrace(resp.getWriter());
+            for (String replicableIdAsString : replicableIdsAsStrings) {
+                Replicable<?, ?> replicable = replicablesProvider.getReplicable(replicableIdAsString);
+                ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(gzipOutputStream);
+                try {
+                    replicable.serializeForInitialReplication(oos);
+                    gzipOutputStream.finish();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    logger.info("Error trying to serialize initial load for replication: " + e.getMessage());
+                    logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "doGet", e);
+                    resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+                    e.printStackTrace(resp.getWriter());
+                }
             }
             countingOutputStream.close();
             break;
@@ -116,10 +121,6 @@ public class ReplicationServlet extends AbstractHttpServlet {
         }
     }
 
-    private Replicable<?, ?> getReplicable() {
-        return replicableServiceTracker.getService();
-    }
-
     private void deregisterClientWithReplicationService(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
         ReplicaDescriptor replica = getReplicaDescriptor(req);
         getReplicationService().unregisterReplica(replica);
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Replicator.java b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Replicator.java
index 557e8fa8683..6d3411e064d 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Replicator.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.replication/src/com/sap/sse/replication/impl/Replicator.java
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package com.sap.sse.replication.impl;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
@@ -15,22 +18,35 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ConsumerCancelledException;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.QueueingConsumer;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.QueueingConsumer.Delivery;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ShutdownSignalException;
+import com.sap.sse.common.Named;
+import com.sap.sse.common.Util;
+import com.sap.sse.common.Util.Pair;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.OperationWithResult;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.Replicable;
+import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicablesProvider;
 import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationMasterDescriptor;
 
 /**
  * Receives {@link OperationWithResult} objects from a message queue and {@link Replicable#apply(OperationWithResult)
- * applies} them to the {@link Replicable} passed to this replicator at construction. When started in suspended mode,
- * messages received will be turned into {@link OperationWithResult} objects and then queued until
- * {@link #setSuspended(boolean) setSuspended(false)} is invoked which applies all queued operations before applying the
- * ones received later.
+ * applies} them to the {@link Replicable} objects that can be found through the {@link ReplicablesProvider} passed to
+ * this replicator at construction, based on the {@link Replicable#getId() replicable's ID} which is used in the stream
+ * to prefix the operations.
+ * <p>
+ * 
+ * The corresponding writer for this protocol is implemented by
+ * {@link ReplicationServiceImpl#broadcastOperation(OperationWithResult, Replicable)}.<p>
+ * 
+ * When started in suspended mode, messages received will be turned into {@link OperationWithResult} objects and then
+ * queued until {@link #setSuspended(boolean) setSuspended(false)} is invoked which applies all queued operations before
+ * applying the ones received later.
  * <p>
  * 
  * The receiver takes care of synchronizing receiving, suspending/resuming and queuing. Waiters are notified whenever
@@ -39,15 +55,20 @@ import com.sap.sse.replication.ReplicationMasterDescriptor;
  * @author Axel Uhl (d043530)
  * 
  */
-public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runnable {
+public class Replicator implements Runnable {
     private final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Replicator.class.getName());
     
     private static final long CHECK_INTERVAL_MILLIS = 2000; // how long (milliseconds) to pause before checking connection again
     private static final int CHECK_COUNT = 150; // how long to check, value is CHECK_INTERVAL second steps
     
     private final ReplicationMasterDescriptor master;
-    private final HasReplicable<S, O> replicableProvider;
-    private final List<OperationWithResult<S, ?>> queue;
+    private final ReplicablesProvider replicableProvider;
+    
+    /**
+     * Keys are the {@link Replicable}s' IDs as string; values are the operation queues for the replicable identified by the
+     * key.
+     */
+    private final Map<String, List<Pair<String, OperationWithResult<?, ?>>>> queueByReplicableIdAsString;
     
     private QueueingConsumer consumer;
     
@@ -90,8 +111,8 @@ public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runna
      * @param consumer
      *            the RabbitMQ consumer from which to load messages
      */
-    public Replicator(ReplicationMasterDescriptor master, HasReplicable<S, O> replicableProvider, boolean startSuspended, QueueingConsumer consumer) {
-        this.queue = new ArrayList<OperationWithResult<S, ?>>();
+    public Replicator(ReplicationMasterDescriptor master, ReplicablesProvider replicableProvider, boolean startSuspended, QueueingConsumer consumer) {
+        this.queueByReplicableIdAsString = new HashMap<>();
         this.master = master;
         this.replicableProvider = replicableProvider;
         this.suspended = startSuspended;
@@ -136,31 +157,37 @@ public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runna
                 }
                 byte[] bytesFromMessage = delivery.getBody();
                 checksPerformed = 0;
-                // Set this object's class's class loader as context for de-serialization so that all exported classes
+                // Set the replicable's class's class loader as context for deserialization so that all exported classes
                 // of all required bundles/packages can be deserialized at least
-                Replicable<S, O> replicable = replicableProvider.getReplicable();
-                Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(replicable.getClass().getClassLoader());
-                ObjectInputStream ois = replicable
-                        .createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(
-                                new GZIPInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytesFromMessage)));
-                int operationsInMessage = 0;
-                try {
-                    while (true) {
-                        byte[] serializedOperation = (byte[]) ois.readObject();
-                        ObjectInputStream operationOIS = replicable
-                                .createObjectInputStreamResolvingAgainstCache(new ByteArrayInputStream(serializedOperation));
-                        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                        OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation = (OperationWithResult<S, ?>) operationOIS.readObject();
-                        operationCount++;
-                        operationsInMessage++;
-                        if (operationCount % 10000l == 0) {
-                            logger.info("Received " + operationCount + " operations so far");
+                final GZIPInputStream uncompressedInputStream = new GZIPInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytesFromMessage));
+                String replicableIdAsString = new DataInputStream(uncompressedInputStream).readUTF();
+                Replicable<?, ?> replicable = replicableProvider.getReplicable(replicableIdAsString);
+                if (replicable != null) {
+                    Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(replicable.getClass().getClassLoader());
+                    ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(uncompressedInputStream); // no special stream required; only reading a generic byte[]
+                    int operationsInMessage = 0;
+                    try {
+                        while (true) {
+                            byte[] serializedOperation = (byte[]) ois.readObject();
+                            readOperationAndApplyOrQueueIt(replicable, serializedOperation);
+                            operationCount++;
+                            operationsInMessage++;
+                            if (operationCount % 10000l == 0) {
+                                logger.info("Received " + operationCount + " operations so far");
+                            }
                         }
-                        applyOrQueue(operation);
+                    } catch (EOFException eof) {
+                        logger.fine("Reached EOF on replication message after having read " + operationsInMessage
+                                + " operations");
+                        // reached EOF; expected
                     }
-                } catch (EOFException eof) {
-                    logger.fine("Reached EOF on replication message after having read "+operationsInMessage+" operations");
-                    // reached EOF; expected
+                } else {
+                    // otherwise, we don't know the replicable and simply drop the message with all the operations for the unknown recipient
+                    Stream<Named> sn = StreamSupport.stream(replicableProvider.getReplicables().spliterator(), /* parallel */ false)
+                        .map(r->(() -> r.getId().toString()));
+                    logger.warning("received replication message for replicable with ID "+replicableIdAsString+" which is unknnown by this replicator "+
+                            "which only knows "+
+                            Util.join(", ", sn::iterator));
                 }
             } catch (ConsumerCancelledException cce) {
                 logger.info("Consumer has been shut down properly.");
@@ -217,27 +244,38 @@ public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runna
         logger.info("Stopped replicator thread. This server will no longer receive events from a master.");
     }
     
-    public synchronized boolean isQueueEmpty() {
-        return queue.isEmpty();
+    private <S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> void readOperationAndApplyOrQueueIt(Replicable<S, O> replicable,
+            byte[] serializedOperation) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
+        OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation = replicable.readOperation(new ByteArrayInputStream(serializedOperation));
+        applyOrQueue(operation, replicable);
     }
 
     /**
-     * If the replicator is currently {@link #suspended}, the <code>operation</code> is queued, otherwise immediately applied to
-     * the receiving replica.
+     * If the replicator is currently {@link #suspended}, the <code>operation</code> is queued, otherwise immediately
+     * applied to the receiving replica.
+     * 
+     * @param replicable
+     *            the replicable to which to apply or for which to queue the operation
      */
-    private synchronized void applyOrQueue(OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation) {
+    private synchronized <S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> void applyOrQueue(OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation, Replicable<S, O> replicable) {
         if (suspended) {
-            queue(operation);
+            queue(operation, replicable);
         } else {
-            apply(operation);
+            apply(operation, replicable);
         }
     }
 
-    private synchronized void apply(final OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation) {
+    private synchronized <S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> void apply(final OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation, String replicableIdAsString) {
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Replicable<S, O> replicable = (Replicable<S, O>) replicableProvider.getReplicable(replicableIdAsString);
+        apply(operation, replicable);
+    }
+    
+    private synchronized <S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> void apply(final OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation, Replicable<S, O> replicable) {
         Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
-                replicableProvider.getReplicable().apply(operation);
+                replicable.apply(operation);
             }
         };
         if (operation.requiresSynchronousExecution()) {
@@ -247,11 +285,12 @@ public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runna
         }
     }
     
-    private synchronized void queue(OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation) {
+    private synchronized void queue(OperationWithResult<?, ?> operation, Replicable<?, ?> replicable) {
+        List<Pair<String, OperationWithResult<?, ?>>> queue = queueByReplicableIdAsString.get(replicable.getId().toString());
         if (queue.isEmpty()) {
             notifyAll();
         }
-        queue.add(operation);
+        queue.add(new Pair<String, OperationWithResult<?, ?>>(replicable.getId().toString(), operation));
         assert !queue.isEmpty();
     }
     
@@ -259,22 +298,26 @@ public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runna
         if (this.suspended != suspended) {
             this.suspended = suspended;
             if (!this.suspended) {
-                applyQueue();
+                applyQueues();
             }
         }
     }
     
-    private synchronized void applyQueue() {
-        for (Iterator<OperationWithResult<S, ?>> i=queue.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
-            OperationWithResult<S, ?> operation = i.next();
-            i.remove();
-            try {
-                apply(operation);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error applying queued, replicated operation "+operation+". Continuing with next queued operation.", e);
+    private synchronized void applyQueues() {
+        for (Entry<String, List<Pair<String, OperationWithResult<?, ?>>>> r : queueByReplicableIdAsString.entrySet()) {
+            final List<Pair<String, OperationWithResult<?, ?>>> queue = r.getValue();
+            for (Iterator<Pair<String, OperationWithResult<?, ?>>> i = queue.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
+                Pair<String, OperationWithResult<?, ?>> replicableIdAsStringAndOperation = i.next();
+                i.remove();
+                try {
+                    apply(replicableIdAsStringAndOperation.getB(), replicableIdAsStringAndOperation.getA());
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error applying queued, replicated operation "
+                            + replicableIdAsStringAndOperation + ". Continuing with next queued operation.", e);
+                }
             }
+            assert queue.isEmpty();
         }
-        assert queue.isEmpty();
         notifyAll();
     }
 
@@ -285,7 +328,7 @@ public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runna
     public synchronized void stop() {
         if (isSuspended()) {
             /* make sure to apply everything in queue before stopping this thread */
-            applyQueue();
+            applyQueues();
         }
         logger.info("Signaled Replicator thread to stop asap.");
         stopped = true;
@@ -298,7 +341,8 @@ public class Replicator<S, O extends OperationWithResult<S, ?>> implements Runna
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "Replicator for master "+master+", queue size: "+queue.size();
+        long queueSize = queueByReplicableIdAsString.values().stream().mapToLong(l->l.size()).sum();
+        return "Replicator for master "+master+", queue size: "+queueSize;
     }
 
 }