diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Ant1CompatProject.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Ant1CompatProject.java
index 49542b7fb..8ad58241c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Ant1CompatProject.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Ant1CompatProject.java
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.aut.converter.Converter;
+import org.apache.aut.converter.ConverterException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.components.property.ClassicPropertyResolver;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.property.PropertyResolver;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.type.DefaultTypeFactory;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.type.TypeManager;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.property.PropertyResolver;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.components.property.ClassicPropertyResolver;
 
 /**
  * Ant1 Project proxy for Myrmidon. Provides hooks between Myrmidon TaskContext
@@ -38,13 +40,18 @@ public class Ant1CompatProject extends Project
 {
     public static final String ANT1_TASK_PREFIX = "ant1.";
 
-    private static final PropertyResolver c_ant1PropertyResolver =
-        new ClassicPropertyResolver();
+    private final PropertyResolver m_ant1PropertyResolver;
+    private final Converter m_converter;
 
     private Set m_userProperties = new HashSet();
     private TaskContext m_context;
 
+    /**
+     * Create an Ant1 project.
+     * @param context The context for the first Ant1 Task loaded.
+     */
     public Ant1CompatProject( TaskContext context )
+        throws TaskException
     {
         super();
         m_context = context;
@@ -55,6 +62,18 @@ public class Ant1CompatProject extends Project
         {
             setName( projectName );
         }
+
+        m_ant1PropertyResolver = new ClassicPropertyResolver();
+        m_converter = (Converter)context.getService( Converter.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the TaskContext for the current task.
+     * @param context The TaskContext for the currently executing Task.
+     */
+    void recontextulize( TaskContext context )
+    {
+        m_context = context;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -357,14 +376,24 @@ public class Ant1CompatProject extends Project
     {
         Object value = m_context.getProperty( name );
 
-        // In Ant1, all properties are strings.
-        if( value instanceof String )
+        if( value == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else if( value instanceof String )
         {
             return (String)value;
         }
         else
         {
-            return null;
+            try
+            {
+                return (String)m_converter.convert( String.class, value, m_context );
+            }
+            catch( ConverterException e )
+            {
+                throw new BuildException( e );
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -403,8 +432,6 @@ public class Ant1CompatProject extends Project
         while( propNames.hasNext() )
         {
             String name = (String)propNames.next();
-
-            // Use getProperty() to only return Strings.
             String value = getProperty( name );
             if( value != null )
             {
@@ -453,7 +480,7 @@ public class Ant1CompatProject extends Project
     {
         try
         {
-            return (String)c_ant1PropertyResolver.resolveProperties( value,
+            return (String)m_ant1PropertyResolver.resolveProperties( value,
                                                                      m_context );
         }
         catch( TaskException e )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java
index 6620e74f8..688392243 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java
@@ -42,29 +42,56 @@ public class Task extends OriginalAnt1Task
         this.setTaskType( context.getName() );
         this.setTaskName( context.getName() );
 
-        Project project = (Project)context.getProperty( "ant1.project" );
+        // Create/recontextualise the Ant1 Project.
+        Ant1CompatProject project =
+            (Ant1CompatProject)context.getProperty( "ant1.project" );
         if( project == null )
         {
             project = createProject();
             m_context.setProperty( "ant1.project", project );
         }
+        else
+        {
+            project.recontextulize( context );
+        }
+
         this.setProject( project );
     }
 
-    private Project createProject()
+    /**
+     * Create and initialise an Ant1CompatProject
+     */
+    private Ant1CompatProject createProject()
         throws TaskException
     {
-        Project project = new Ant1CompatProject( m_context );
+        Ant1CompatProject project = new Ant1CompatProject( m_context );
         project.init();
         return project;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Uses the task Configuration to perform Ant1-style configuration
+     * on the Ant1 task.
+     * @param configuration The TaskModel for this Ant1 Task.
+     * @throws ConfigurationException if the Configuration supplied is not valid
+     */
     public void configure( Configuration configuration ) throws ConfigurationException
     {
         configure( this, configuration );
         this.init();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Uses reflection to configure any Object, with the help of the Ant1
+     * IntrospectionHelper. using . This aims to mimic (to some extent) the
+     * Ant1-style configuration rules implemented by ProjectHelperImpl.
+     * @param target
+     *          The object to be configured.
+     * @param configuration
+     *          The data to configure the object with.
+     * @throws ConfigurationException
+     *          If the Configuration is not valid for the configured object
+     */
     protected void configure( Object target, Configuration configuration ) throws ConfigurationException
     {
         IntrospectionHelper helper = IntrospectionHelper.getHelper( target.getClass() );
@@ -118,6 +145,12 @@ public class Task extends OriginalAnt1Task
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of a Task/Datatype as referred to by Ant1 code, without
+     * the "ant1." prefix.
+     * @param fullName The full name as known by Myrmidon.
+     * @return the name without the Ant1 prefix.
+     */
     protected String getAnt1Name( String fullName )
     {
         return fullName.substring( Ant1CompatProject.ANT1_TASK_PREFIX.length() );