Calling a java application from j2ee web application

Question

Hi,
I have a j2ee application in which i am making a call to a jar file which is a java application.
Runtime a4 = Runtime.getRuntime();
Runtime a = Runtime.getRuntime();
String cmd[] = new String[14];
cmd[0] = "cmd";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "start";
cmd[3] = "javaw";
cmd[4] = "-jar";
cmd[5] = CATALINA_HOME+"\\webapps\\AveksaTesting\\AveksaTestingJava\\dist\\AveksaTestingJava.jar";
cmd[6] = SERVER_TESTS;
cmd[7] = COLLECTOR_TESTS;
cmd[8] = SYSTEM_TESTS;
cmd[9] = CREATE_ORACLE;
cmd[10] = DB_NAME;
cmd[11] = DB_DUMP;
cmd[12] = email;
cmd[13] = isMIGRATE;
try{
java.lang.Process p = a.exec(cmd);
Now in the called java application, i am first shutting down the tomcat server by calling shutdown.bat script and then starting it using startup.bat. But the problem i am facing is when i restart the server from java application, it says address already in use(i.e. port 8445 on which tomcat is runninng).
Id i just call the java application and do the same operation it works fine. I guess when i am calling java from j2ee application, j2ee still has some threads holding java and not shutting down tomcat properly.
Can anyone suggest me what can be done in this case. I have to call a java application from j2ee and restart the tomcat server many times.
Thanks in advance
-Vikram

Answer 1

Annoyingly crossposted.
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=730657