diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index d278cbad6..fdd57b0b2 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -138,42 +138,6 @@ public class Project
             s.equalsIgnoreCase( "yes" ) );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format. <p>
-     *
-     * This method uses the PathTokenizer class to separate the input path into
-     * its components. This handles DOS style paths in a relatively sensible
-     * way. The file separators are then converted to their platform specific
-     * versions.
-     *
-     * @param to_process the path to be converted
-     * @return the native version of to_process or an empty string if to_process
-     *      is null or empty
-     */
-    public static String translatePath( String to_process )
-    {
-        if( to_process == null || to_process.length() == 0 )
-        {
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        StringBuffer path = new StringBuffer( to_process.length() + 50 );
-        PathTokenizer tokenizer = new PathTokenizer( to_process );
-        while( tokenizer.hasMoreTokens() )
-        {
-            String pathComponent = tokenizer.nextToken();
-            pathComponent = pathComponent.replace( '/', File.separatorChar );
-            pathComponent = pathComponent.replace( '\\', File.separatorChar );
-            if( path.length() != 0 )
-            {
-                path.append( File.pathSeparatorChar );
-            }
-            path.append( pathComponent );
-        }
-
-        return path.toString();
-    }
-
     /**
      * set the ant.java.version property, also tests for unsupported JVM
      * versions, prints the verbose log messages
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java
index 26e4fa947..5efdb7b2c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ccm;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.File;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@ public abstract class Continuus
      *
      * @param dir the directory containing the ccm executable
      */
-    public final void setCcmDir( String dir )
+    public final void setCcmDir( final File dir )
     {
-        m_ccmDir = getProject().translatePath( dir );
+        m_ccmDir = dir.toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java
index 88d1f4f0c..0fac71557 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.clearcase;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.LogOutputStream;
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ public abstract class ClearCase extends Task
      *
      * @param dir the directory containing the cleartool executable
      */
-    public final void setClearToolDir( String dir )
+    public final void setClearToolDir( final File dir )
     {
-        m_ClearToolDir = getProject().translatePath( dir );
+        m_ClearToolDir = dir.toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java
index f76d3ac5a..8b2c6da99 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ public class DDCreator extends MatchingTask
      *
      * @param s the classpath to use for the ddcreator tool.
      */
-    public void setClasspath( String s )
+    public void setClasspath( final Path p )
     {
-        this.classpath = getProject().translatePath( s );
+        this.classpath = p.toString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class DDCreator extends MatchingTask
         }
 
         String systemClassPath = System.getProperty( "java.class.path" );
-        String execClassPath = getProject().translatePath( systemClassPath + ":" + classpath );
+        String execClassPath = systemClassPath + File.separator + classpath;
         Java ddCreatorTask = (Java)getProject().createTask( "java" );
         ddCreatorTask.setFork( true );
         ddCreatorTask.setClassname( "org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ejb.DDCreatorHelper" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java
index 8e69f1456..d1bdc4c93 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public class Ejbc extends MatchingTask
      *
      * @param s The new Classpath value
      */
-    public void setClasspath( String s )
+    public void setClasspath( final Path s )
     {
-        this.classpath = getProject().translatePath( s );
+        this.classpath = s.toString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ public class Ejbc extends MatchingTask
      *
      * @param dirName the name of the directory into which code is generated
      */
-    public void setDest( String dirName )
+    public void setDest( final File dirName )
     {
-        generatedFilesDirectory = new File( dirName );
+        generatedFilesDirectory = dirName;
     }
 
     public void setKeepgenerated( String newKeepgenerated )
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ public class Ejbc extends MatchingTask
         }
 
         String systemClassPath = System.getProperty( "java.class.path" );
-        String execClassPath = getProject().translatePath( systemClassPath + ":" + classpath +
-                                                           ":" + generatedFilesDirectory );
+        String execClassPath =
+            systemClassPath + File.separator + classpath + File.separator + generatedFilesDirectory;
         // get all the files in the descriptor directory
         DirectoryScanner ds = super.getDirectoryScanner( descriptorDirectory );
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java
index bc54070e4..dd3a94475 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.vss;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
@@ -134,9 +135,9 @@ public abstract class MSVSS extends Task
      *
      * @param dir the directory containing ss.exe
      */
-    public final void setSsdir( String dir )
+    public final void setSsdir( final File dir )
     {
-        m_SSDir = getProject().translatePath( dir );
+        m_SSDir = dir.toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index d278cbad6..fdd57b0b2 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -138,42 +138,6 @@ public class Project
             s.equalsIgnoreCase( "yes" ) );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format. <p>
-     *
-     * This method uses the PathTokenizer class to separate the input path into
-     * its components. This handles DOS style paths in a relatively sensible
-     * way. The file separators are then converted to their platform specific
-     * versions.
-     *
-     * @param to_process the path to be converted
-     * @return the native version of to_process or an empty string if to_process
-     *      is null or empty
-     */
-    public static String translatePath( String to_process )
-    {
-        if( to_process == null || to_process.length() == 0 )
-        {
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        StringBuffer path = new StringBuffer( to_process.length() + 50 );
-        PathTokenizer tokenizer = new PathTokenizer( to_process );
-        while( tokenizer.hasMoreTokens() )
-        {
-            String pathComponent = tokenizer.nextToken();
-            pathComponent = pathComponent.replace( '/', File.separatorChar );
-            pathComponent = pathComponent.replace( '\\', File.separatorChar );
-            if( path.length() != 0 )
-            {
-                path.append( File.pathSeparatorChar );
-            }
-            path.append( pathComponent );
-        }
-
-        return path.toString();
-    }
-
     /**
      * set the ant.java.version property, also tests for unsupported JVM
      * versions, prints the verbose log messages
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java
index 26e4fa947..5efdb7b2c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ccm/Continuus.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ccm;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.File;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@ public abstract class Continuus
      *
      * @param dir the directory containing the ccm executable
      */
-    public final void setCcmDir( String dir )
+    public final void setCcmDir( final File dir )
     {
-        m_ccmDir = getProject().translatePath( dir );
+        m_ccmDir = dir.toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java
index 88d1f4f0c..0fac71557 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/clearcase/ClearCase.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.clearcase;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.LogOutputStream;
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ public abstract class ClearCase extends Task
      *
      * @param dir the directory containing the cleartool executable
      */
-    public final void setClearToolDir( String dir )
+    public final void setClearToolDir( final File dir )
     {
-        m_ClearToolDir = getProject().translatePath( dir );
+        m_ClearToolDir = dir.toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java
index f76d3ac5a..8b2c6da99 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/DDCreator.java
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ public class DDCreator extends MatchingTask
      *
      * @param s the classpath to use for the ddcreator tool.
      */
-    public void setClasspath( String s )
+    public void setClasspath( final Path p )
     {
-        this.classpath = getProject().translatePath( s );
+        this.classpath = p.toString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class DDCreator extends MatchingTask
         }
 
         String systemClassPath = System.getProperty( "java.class.path" );
-        String execClassPath = getProject().translatePath( systemClassPath + ":" + classpath );
+        String execClassPath = systemClassPath + File.separator + classpath;
         Java ddCreatorTask = (Java)getProject().createTask( "java" );
         ddCreatorTask.setFork( true );
         ddCreatorTask.setClassname( "org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ejb.DDCreatorHelper" );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java
index 8e69f1456..d1bdc4c93 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/Ejbc.java
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public class Ejbc extends MatchingTask
      *
      * @param s The new Classpath value
      */
-    public void setClasspath( String s )
+    public void setClasspath( final Path s )
     {
-        this.classpath = getProject().translatePath( s );
+        this.classpath = s.toString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ public class Ejbc extends MatchingTask
      *
      * @param dirName the name of the directory into which code is generated
      */
-    public void setDest( String dirName )
+    public void setDest( final File dirName )
     {
-        generatedFilesDirectory = new File( dirName );
+        generatedFilesDirectory = dirName;
     }
 
     public void setKeepgenerated( String newKeepgenerated )
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ public class Ejbc extends MatchingTask
         }
 
         String systemClassPath = System.getProperty( "java.class.path" );
-        String execClassPath = getProject().translatePath( systemClassPath + ":" + classpath +
-                                                           ":" + generatedFilesDirectory );
+        String execClassPath =
+            systemClassPath + File.separator + classpath + File.separator + generatedFilesDirectory;
         // get all the files in the descriptor directory
         DirectoryScanner ds = super.getDirectoryScanner( descriptorDirectory );
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java
index bc54070e4..dd3a94475 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/vss/MSVSS.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.vss;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
@@ -134,9 +135,9 @@ public abstract class MSVSS extends Task
      *
      * @param dir the directory containing ss.exe
      */
-    public final void setSsdir( String dir )
+    public final void setSsdir( final File dir )
     {
-        m_SSDir = getProject().translatePath( dir );
+        m_SSDir = dir.toString();
     }
 
     /**