diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/Main.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/Main.java
index cdb75c0a8..43261d344 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/Main.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/Main.java
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ public class Main
         setupLogger( embeddor );
         embeddor.parameterize( parameters );
         embeddor.initialize();
+        embeddor.start();
 
         final ProjectBuilder builder = embeddor.getProjectBuilder();
 
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ public class Main
 
         }
 
+        embeddor.stop();
         embeddor.dispose();
     }
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/project/DefaultProjectEngine.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/project/DefaultProjectEngine.java
index 53491253a..303f98cf8 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/project/DefaultProjectEngine.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/ant/project/DefaultProjectEngine.java
@@ -138,13 +138,12 @@ public class DefaultProjectEngine
         done.add( targetName );
 
         //execute all dependencies
-        final Iterator dependencies = target.getDependencies();
-        while( dependencies.hasNext() )
+        final String[] dependencies = target.getDependencies();
+        for( int i = 0; i < dependencies.length; i++ )
         {
-            final String dependency = (String)dependencies.next();
-            if( !done.contains( dependency ) )
+            if( !done.contains( dependencies[ i ] ) )
             {
-                execute( project, dependency, context, done );
+                execute( project, dependencies[ i ], context, done );
             }
         }
 
@@ -210,11 +209,10 @@ public class DefaultProjectEngine
         getLogger().debug( "Executing target " + name );
 
         //execute all tasks assciated with target
-        final Iterator tasks = target.getTasks();
-        while( tasks.hasNext() )
+        final Configuration[] tasks = target.getTasks();
+        for( int i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++ )
         {
-            final Configuration task = (Configuration)tasks.next();
-            executeTask( task, context );
+            executeTask( tasks[ i ], context );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/Embeddor.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/Embeddor.java
index 341aa45ed..9908af13d 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/Embeddor.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/Embeddor.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package org.apache.myrmidon.components.embeddor;
 import org.apache.ant.project.ProjectEngine;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Disposable;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Initializable;
+import org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Startable;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameterizable;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.components.builder.ProjectBuilder;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.components.builder.ProjectBuilder;
  * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
  */
 public interface Embeddor
-    extends Component, Parameterizable, Initializable, Disposable
+    extends Component, Parameterizable, Initializable, Startable, Disposable
 {
     /**
      * Retrieve builder for runtime.
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/MyrmidonEmbeddor.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/MyrmidonEmbeddor.java
index 4cb53053f..de707b740 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/MyrmidonEmbeddor.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/MyrmidonEmbeddor.java
@@ -113,10 +113,19 @@ public class MyrmidonEmbeddor
         setupComponents();
 
         setupFiles();
+    }
 
+    public void start()
+        throws Exception
+    {
         CamelotUtil.deployFromDirectory( m_deployer, m_taskLibDir, ".tsk" );
     }
 
+    public void stop()
+    {
+        //Undeploy all the tasks by killing ExecutionFrame???
+    }
+
     /**
      * Dispose engine.
      *
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultProject.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultProject.java
index f13341a0a..2885d6bf9 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultProject.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultProject.java
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ package org.apache.myrmidon.model;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.ant.AntException;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.api.DefaultTaskContext;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 
 /**
  * Default project implementation.
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultTarget.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultTarget.java
index 9d2734a49..185a49bd5 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultTarget.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/DefaultTarget.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.apache.myrmidon.model;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.ant.util.Condition;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
 
@@ -20,9 +19,9 @@ import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
 public class DefaultTarget
     implements Target
 {
-    protected final ArrayList   m_dependencies     = new ArrayList();
-    protected final ArrayList   m_tasks            = new ArrayList();
-    protected final Condition   m_condition;
+    private final ArrayList   m_dependencies     = new ArrayList();
+    private final ArrayList   m_tasks            = new ArrayList();
+    private final Condition   m_condition;
 
     /**
      * Constructor taking condition for target.
@@ -56,9 +55,9 @@ public class DefaultTarget
      *
      * @return the dependency list
      */
-    public Iterator getDependencies()
+    public String[] getDependencies()
     {
-        return m_dependencies.iterator();
+        return (String[])m_dependencies.toArray( new String[ 0 ] );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,9 +65,9 @@ public class DefaultTarget
      *
      * @return the target list
      */
-    public Iterator getTasks()
+    public Configuration[] getTasks()
     {
-        return m_tasks.iterator();
+        return (Configuration[])m_tasks.toArray( new Configuration[ 0 ] );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,8 +85,8 @@ public class DefaultTarget
      *
      * @param taskConfiguration the task representation
      */
-    public void addTask( final Configuration taskConfiguration )
+    public void addTask( final Configuration taskData )
     {
-        m_tasks.add( taskConfiguration );
+        m_tasks.add( taskData );
     }
 }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/Target.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/Target.java
index 3dd0a809d..940707a05 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/Target.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/model/Target.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.myrmidon.model;
 
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.ant.util.Condition;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
+import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
 
 /**
  * Interface to represent targets in build file.
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ public interface Target
      *
      * @return the dependency list
      */
-    Iterator getDependencies();
+    String[] getDependencies();
 
     /**
      * Get tasks in target
      *
      * @return the target list
      */
-    Iterator getTasks();
+    Configuration[] getTasks();
 
     /**
      * Get condition under which target is executed.