https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65148
--- Comment #1 from Jaikiran Pai <jaiki...@apache.org> --- I don't have historical knowledge about the org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher class. Looking at the example in the manual, those examples launch the Launcher in a separate JVM (of its own), either using the "java" command or using the "java" Ant task with fork = true. I don't know if Launcher was intended to be used in embedded cases where you use it from within another running Java program. If it's not intended to be used from within another Java program, then I think we can update the manual to make a note of this behaviour. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.