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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/extending.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/extending.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c638f83c2
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+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/extending.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+class Object #:nodoc:
+  def remove_subclasses_of(*superclasses)
+    subclasses_of(*superclasses).each do |subclass|
+      Object.send(:remove_const, subclass.to_s) rescue nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  def subclasses_of(*superclasses)
+    subclasses = []
+    ObjectSpace.each_object(Class) do |k|
+      next if (k.ancestors & superclasses).empty? || superclasses.include?(k) || k.to_s.include?("::") || subclasses.include?(k)
+      subclasses << k
+    end
+    subclasses
+  end
+  
+  def extended_by
+    ancestors = class << self; ancestors end
+    ancestors.select { |mod| mod.class == Module } - [ Object, Kernel ]
+  end
+  
+  def copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = [])
+    exclude += object.protected_instance_variables if object.respond_to? :protected_instance_variables
+    
+    instance_variables = object.instance_variables - exclude.map { |name| name.to_s }
+    instance_variables.each { |name| instance_variable_set(name, object.instance_variable_get(name)) }
+  end
+  
+  def extend_with_included_modules_from(object)
+    object.extended_by.each { |mod| extend mod }
+  end
+
+  def instance_values
+    instance_variables.inject({}) do |values, name|
+      values[name[1..-1]] = instance_variable_get(name)
+      values
+    end
+  end
+  
+  unless defined? instance_exec # 1.9
+    def instance_exec(*arguments, &block)
+      block.bind(self)[*arguments]
+    end
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f599eee6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class Object #:nodoc:
+  def with_options(options)
+    yield ActiveSupport::OptionMerger.new(self, options)
+  end
+  
+  def to_json
+    ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(self)
+  end
+
+  def suppress(*exception_classes)
+    begin yield
+    rescue Exception => e
+      raise unless exception_classes.any? { |cls| e.kind_of?(cls) }
+    end
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file