diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ant1/Ant1TypeFactory.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ant1/Ant1TypeFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56ea15a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ant1/Ant1TypeFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE file.
+ */
+package org.apache.myrmidon.framework.ant1;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.components.type.DefaultTypeFactory;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.components.type.TypeException;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+
+/**
+ * Factory used to create adaptors for Ant1 tasks.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ */
+public class Ant1TypeFactory
+    extends DefaultTypeFactory
+{
+    public Ant1TypeFactory( final URL url )
+    {
+        super( url );
+    }
+
+    public Ant1TypeFactory( final URL[] urls )
+    {
+        super( urls );
+    }
+
+    public Ant1TypeFactory( final URL[] urls, final ClassLoader parent )
+    {
+        super( urls, parent );
+    }
+
+    public Ant1TypeFactory( final ClassLoader classLoader )
+    {
+        super( classLoader );
+    }
+
+    public Object create( final String name )
+        throws TypeException
+    {
+        final Object object = super.create( name );
+
+        if( !(object instanceof Task) )
+        {
+            throw new TypeException( "Expected an Ant1 task but received an " +
+                                     "object of type : " + object.getClass().getName() );
+        }
+
+        return new TaskAdapter( (Task)object );
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ant1/TaskAdapter.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ant1/TaskAdapter.java
index c2a4fdbf5..09d06354c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ant1/TaskAdapter.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/ant1/TaskAdapter.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.AbstractContainerTask;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 
 /**
- * This is the property "task" to declare a binding of a datatype to a name.
+ * Adapter of Ant1 tasks to ant2.
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
  */