diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/DefaultEmbeddor.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/DefaultEmbeddor.java
index d392b945e..53043fd8e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/DefaultEmbeddor.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/embeddor/DefaultEmbeddor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.CascadingException;
 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.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameterizable;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.aspect.AspectManager;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.builder.ProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.classloader.ClassLoaderManager;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.configurer.Configurer;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.converter.ConverterRegistry;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.deployer.Deployer;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.deployer.DeploymentException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.deployer.TypeDeployer;
@@ -43,7 +45,6 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.service.MultiSourceServiceManager;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.type.TypeFactory;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.type.TypeManager;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.workspace.Workspace;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.converter.ConverterRegistry;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.listeners.ProjectListener;
 
 /**
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.listeners.ProjectListener;
  */
 public class DefaultEmbeddor
     extends AbstractLogEnabled
-    implements Embeddor
+    implements Embeddor, Parameterizable, Initializable, Startable, Disposable
 {
     private final static Resources REZ =
         ResourceManager.getPackageResources( DefaultEmbeddor.class );
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ public class DefaultEmbeddor
      * Creates a component.
      */
     private Object createComponent( final Class roleType,
-                                  final String defaultImpl )
+                                    final String defaultImpl )
         throws Exception
     {
         final Object component = createService( roleType, defaultImpl );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/CLIMain.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/CLIMain.java
index a90a0d5ec..ce58a2f93 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/CLIMain.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/CLIMain.java
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 package org.apache.myrmidon.frontends;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.cli.CLArgsParser;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.cli.CLOption;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.cli.CLOptionDescriptor;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public class CLIMain
 
             // Setup logging
             final BasicLogger logger = new BasicLogger( "[myrmidon] ", m_priority );
-            m_embedded.setLogger( logger );
+            m_embedded.enableLogging( logger );
 
             if( m_dryRun )
             {
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ public class CLIMain
     private void executeBuild() throws Exception
     {
         //actually do the build ...
-        final String[] targets = (String[])m_targets.toArray( new String[m_targets.size() ] );
+        final String[] targets = (String[])m_targets.toArray( new String[ m_targets.size() ] );
         m_embedded.executeTargets( targets );
     }
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/EmbeddedAnt.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/EmbeddedAnt.java
index d4ffefaad..0a9fc1049 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/EmbeddedAnt.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/frontends/EmbeddedAnt.java
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ package org.apache.myrmidon.frontends;
 import java.io.File;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.ResourceManager;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.Resources;
+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.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
+import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameterizable;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.embeddor.Embeddor;
@@ -24,13 +28,14 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.listeners.ProjectListener;
  * executing a project.
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:adammurdoch@apache.org">Adam Murdoch</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
  * @version $Revision$ $Date$
  */
 public class EmbeddedAnt
     extends AbstractLogEnabled
 {
-    private final static Resources REZ
-        = ResourceManager.getPackageResources( EmbeddedAnt.class );
+    private final static Resources REZ =
+        ResourceManager.getPackageResources( EmbeddedAnt.class );
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_EMBEDDOR_CLASS =
         "org.apache.myrmidon.components.embeddor.DefaultEmbeddor";
@@ -41,18 +46,10 @@ public class EmbeddedAnt
     private ProjectListener m_listener;
     private Parameters m_workspaceProps = new Parameters();
     private Parameters m_builderProps = new Parameters();
-    private Parameters m_embeddorProps = new Parameters();
+    private Parameters m_embeddorParameters = new Parameters();
     private ClassLoader m_sharedClassLoader;
     private Embeddor m_embeddor;
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the logger to use.
-     */
-    public void setLogger( final Logger logger )
-    {
-        enableLogging( logger );
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the project file to execute.  Default is 'build.ant'.
      */
@@ -117,7 +114,7 @@ public class EmbeddedAnt
     public void setEmbeddorProperty( final String name, final Object value )
     {
         // TODO - Make properties Objects, not Strings
-        m_embeddorProps.setParameter( name, (String)value );
+        m_embeddorParameters.setParameter( name, (String)value );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -164,8 +161,14 @@ public class EmbeddedAnt
         {
             if( m_embeddor != null )
             {
-                m_embeddor.stop();
-                m_embeddor.dispose();
+                if( m_embeddor instanceof Startable )
+                {
+                    ( (Startable)m_embeddor ).stop();
+                }
+                if( m_embeddor instanceof Disposable )
+                {
+                    ( (Disposable)m_embeddor ).dispose();
+                }
             }
         }
         finally
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ public class EmbeddedAnt
      */
     private void checkHomeDir() throws Exception
     {
-        final String home = m_embeddorProps.getParameter( "myrmidon.home" );
+        final String home = m_embeddorParameters.getParameter( "myrmidon.home" );
         final File homeDir = ( new File( home ) ).getAbsoluteFile();
         if( !homeDir.isDirectory() )
         {
@@ -229,9 +232,18 @@ public class EmbeddedAnt
         {
             m_embeddor = createEmbeddor();
             setupLogger( m_embeddor );
-            m_embeddor.parameterize( m_embeddorProps );
-            m_embeddor.initialize();
-            m_embeddor.start();
+            if( m_embeddor instanceof Parameterizable )
+            {
+                ( (Parameterizable)m_embeddor ).parameterize( m_embeddorParameters );
+            }
+            if( m_embeddor instanceof Initializable )
+            {
+                ( (Initializable)m_embeddor ).initialize();
+            }
+            if( m_embeddor instanceof Startable )
+            {
+                ( (Startable)m_embeddor ).start();
+            }
         }
         return m_embeddor;
     }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/embeddor/Embeddor.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/embeddor/Embeddor.java
index 3225df531..12bd66e0a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/embeddor/Embeddor.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/embeddor/Embeddor.java
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.embeddor;
 
-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.parameters.Parameterizable;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.model.Project;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.workspace.Workspace;
@@ -23,7 +19,6 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.listeners.ProjectListener;
  * @version $Revision$ $Date$
  */
 public interface Embeddor
-    extends Parameterizable, Initializable, Startable, Disposable
 {
     String ROLE = Embeddor.class.getName();