Launch JVM process from a Java application use Runtime.exec?

Question

I want to be able to launch a Java server process from an existing java application and monitor the stdoutput and stderror and redirect that output to a file. Is the best approach to use 'Runtime.exec' and treat the app like any other OS process or is there something more suited for new JVMs.

This is on Java 1.5

Answer 1

Instead of Runtime, you should probably use ProcessBuilder, though I don't know if something else is even more appropriate in your case (running a Java process in particular).