diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeChangeListener.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeChangeListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04a8a694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeChangeListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Helma License Notice
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Helma License
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in
+ * compliance with the License. A copy of the License is available at
+ * http://adele.helma.org/download/helma/license.txt
+ *
+ * Copyright 1998-2003 Helma Software. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * $RCSfile$
+ * $Author$
+ * $Revision$
+ * $Date$
+ */
+
+package helma.objectmodel.db;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public interface NodeChangeListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Called when a transaction is committed that has created, modified or 
+     * deleted one or more nodes.
+     */
+    public void nodesChanged(List inserted, List updated, List deleted);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
index 3c4ee872..055d9c46 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ public final class NodeManager {
 
     protected Application app;
     private ObjectCache cache;
-    private Replicator replicator;
     protected IDatabase db;
     protected IDGenerator idgen;
     private long idBaseValue = 1L;
     private boolean logSql;
     protected boolean logReplication;
+    private ArrayList listeners = new ArrayList();
 
     // a wrapper that catches some Exceptions while accessing this NM
     public final WrappedNodeManager safe;
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ public final class NodeManager {
                 app.logEvent("Setting up replication listener at " + replicationUrl);
             }
 
-            replicator = new Replicator(this);
+            Replicator replicator = new Replicator(this);
             replicator.addUrl(replicationUrl);
-        } else {
-            replicator = null;
+            addNodeChangeListener(replicator);
         }
 
         // get the initial id generator value
@@ -1801,13 +1800,40 @@ public final class NodeManager {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get a replicator for this node cache. A replicator is used to transfer updates
-     * in this node manager to other node managers in remote servers via RMI.
+    /** 
+     * Add a listener that is notified each time a transaction commits 
+     * that adds, modifies or deletes any Nodes.
      */
-    protected Replicator getReplicator() {
-        return replicator;
+    public void addNodeChangeListener(NodeChangeListener listener) {
+        listeners.add(listener);
     }
+    
+    /** 
+     * Remove a previously added NodeChangeListener. 
+     */
+    public void removeNodeChangeListener(NodeChangeListener listener) {
+        listeners.remove(listener);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Let transactors know if they should collect and fire NodeChangeListener
+     * events
+     */
+    protected boolean hasNodeChangeListeners() {
+        return listeners.size() > 0;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Called by transactors after committing.
+     */
+    protected void fireNodeChangeEvent(List inserted, List updated, List deleted) {
+        int l = listeners.size();
+
+        for (int i=0; i<l; i++) {
+            ((NodeChangeListener) listeners.get(i)).nodesChanged(inserted, updated, deleted);
+        }
+    }
+    
 
     /**
      *  Receive notification from a remote app that objects in its cache have been
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java
index 6d851082..6a046a78 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ package helma.objectmodel.db;
 
 import java.rmi.Naming;
 import java.util.Vector;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * This class replicates the updates of transactions to other applications via RMI
  */
-public class Replicator implements Runnable {
+public class Replicator implements Runnable, NodeChangeListener {
     Vector urls;
     Vector add;
     Vector delete;
@@ -99,32 +100,17 @@ public class Replicator implements Runnable {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     *
-     *
-     * @param n ...
-     */
-    public synchronized void addNewNode(Node n) {
-        add.addElement(n);
-    }
 
     /**
-     *
-     *
-     * @param n ...
+     * Called when a transaction is committed that has created, modified or 
+     * deleted one or more nodes.
      */
-    public synchronized void addModifiedNode(Node n) {
-        add.addElement(n);
+    public synchronized void nodesChanged(List inserted,  List updated, List deleted) {
+        add.addAll(inserted);
+        add.addAll(updated);
+        delete.addAll(deleted);
     }
 
-    /**
-     *
-     *
-     * @param n ...
-     */
-    public synchronized void addDeletedNode(Node n) {
-        delete.addElement(n);
-    }
 
     private synchronized boolean prepareReplication() {
         if ((add.size() == 0) && (delete.size() == 0)) {
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java
index 2d67f14f..d98c7d13 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import helma.objectmodel.DatabaseException;
 import helma.objectmodel.ITransaction;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * A subclass of thread that keeps track of changed nodes and triggers
@@ -227,102 +225,115 @@ public class Transactor extends Thread {
         int updated = 0;
         int deleted = 0;
 
-        Object[] dirty = dirtyNodes.values().toArray();
+        if (!dirtyNodes.isEmpty()) {
+            Object[] dirty = dirtyNodes.values().toArray();
 
-        // the replicator to send update notifications to, if defined
-        Replicator replicator = nmgr.getReplicator();
-        // the set to collect DbMappings to be marked as changed
-        HashSet dirtyDbMappings = new HashSet();
+            ArrayList insertedNodes = new ArrayList();
+            ArrayList updatedNodes = new ArrayList();
+            ArrayList deletedNodes = new ArrayList();
+            // if nodemanager has listeners collect dirty nodes
+            boolean hasListeners = nmgr.hasNodeChangeListeners();
+        
+            // the set to collect DbMappings to be marked as changed
+            HashSet dirtyDbMappings = new HashSet();
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < dirty.length; i++) {
-            Node node = (Node) dirty[i];
+            for (int i = 0; i < dirty.length; i++) {
+                Node node = (Node) dirty[i];
 
-            // update nodes in db
-            int nstate = node.getState();
+                // update nodes in db
+                int nstate = node.getState();
 
-            if (nstate == Node.NEW) {
-                nmgr.insertNode(nmgr.db, txn, node);
-                dirtyDbMappings.add(node.getDbMapping());
-                node.setState(Node.CLEAN);
-
-                // register node with nodemanager cache
-                nmgr.registerNode(node);
-
-                if (replicator != null) {
-                    replicator.addNewNode(node);
-                }
-
-                inserted++;
-                nmgr.app.logEvent("inserted: Node " + node.getPrototype() + "/" +
-                                  node.getID());
-            } else if (nstate == Node.MODIFIED) {
-                // only mark DbMapping as dirty if updateNode returns true
-                if (nmgr.updateNode(nmgr.db, txn, node)) {
+                if (nstate == Node.NEW) {
+                    nmgr.insertNode(nmgr.db, txn, node);
                     dirtyDbMappings.add(node.getDbMapping());
-                }
-                node.setState(Node.CLEAN);
+                    node.setState(Node.CLEAN);
 
-                // update node with nodemanager cache
-                nmgr.registerNode(node);
+                    // register node with nodemanager cache
+                    nmgr.registerNode(node);
 
-                if (replicator != null) {
-                    replicator.addModifiedNode(node);
-                }
+                    if (hasListeners) {
+                        insertedNodes.add(node);
+                    }
 
-                updated++;
-                nmgr.app.logEvent("updated: Node " + node.getPrototype() + "/" +
+                    inserted++;
+                    nmgr.app.logEvent("inserted: Node " + node.getPrototype() + "/" +
                                   node.getID());
-            } else if (nstate == Node.DELETED) {
-                nmgr.deleteNode(nmgr.db, txn, node);
-                dirtyDbMappings.add(node.getDbMapping());
+                } else if (nstate == Node.MODIFIED) {
+                    // only mark DbMapping as dirty if updateNode returns true
+                    if (nmgr.updateNode(nmgr.db, txn, node)) {
+                        dirtyDbMappings.add(node.getDbMapping());
+                    }
+                    node.setState(Node.CLEAN);
 
-                // remove node from nodemanager cache
-                nmgr.evictNode(node);
+                    // update node with nodemanager cache
+                    nmgr.registerNode(node);
 
-                if (replicator != null) {
-                    replicator.addDeletedNode(node);
+                    if (hasListeners) {
+                        updatedNodes.add(node);
+                    }
+
+                    updated++;
+                    nmgr.app.logEvent("updated: Node " + node.getPrototype() + "/" +
+                                      node.getID());
+                } else if (nstate == Node.DELETED) {
+                    nmgr.deleteNode(nmgr.db, txn, node);
+                    dirtyDbMappings.add(node.getDbMapping());
+
+                    // remove node from nodemanager cache
+                    nmgr.evictNode(node);
+
+                    if (hasListeners) {
+                        deletedNodes.add(node);
+                    }
+
+                    deleted++;
                 }
 
-                deleted++;
+                node.clearWriteLock();
             }
 
-            node.clearWriteLock();
-        }
+            // set last data change times in db-mappings
+            long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            for (Iterator i = dirtyDbMappings.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
+                DbMapping dbm = (DbMapping) i.next();
+                if (dbm != null) {
+                    dbm.setLastDataChange(now);
+                }
+            }
 
+            // save the id-generator for the embedded db, if necessary
+            if (nmgr.idgen.dirty) {
+                nmgr.db.saveIDGenerator(txn, nmgr.idgen);
+                nmgr.idgen.dirty = false;
+            }
+        
+            if (hasListeners) {
+                nmgr.fireNodeChangeEvent(insertedNodes, updatedNodes, deletedNodes);
+            }
+        }
+        
         long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
-
-        // set last data change times in db-mappings
-        for (Iterator i = dirtyDbMappings.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
-            DbMapping dbm = (DbMapping) i.next();
-            if (dbm != null) {
-                dbm.setLastDataChange(now);
+        
+        if (!parentNodes.isEmpty()) {
+            // set last subnode change times in parent nodes
+            for (Iterator i = parentNodes.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
+                Node node = (Node) i.next();
+                node.setLastSubnodeChange(now);
             }
         }
 
-        // set last subnode change times in parent nodes
-        for (Iterator i = parentNodes.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
-            Node node = (Node) i.next();
-            node.setLastSubnodeChange(now);
-        }
-
         // clear the node collections
         dirtyNodes.clear();
         cleanNodes.clear();
         parentNodes.clear();
-
-        // save the id-generator for the embedded db, if necessary
-        if (nmgr.idgen.dirty) {
-            nmgr.db.saveIDGenerator(txn, nmgr.idgen);
-            nmgr.idgen.dirty = false;
-        }
-
+        
         if (active) {
             active = false;
             nmgr.db.commitTransaction(txn);
             txn = null;
         }
 
-        nmgr.app.logAccess(tname + " " + dirty.length + " marked, " + inserted +
+        nmgr.app.logAccess(tname + " " + inserted +
                            " inserted, " + updated +
                            " updated, " + deleted + " deleted in " +
                            (now - tstart) + " millis");