Java - C-Like Fork?

Question

Is it possible to do a "C like" fork in java, using an new independent jvm process ?

How?

Answer 1

This answer is probably a little late but:

http://akuma.kohsuke.org/

seems to be exactly what your looking for

Answer 2

Funnily, I am just working on this: a Java process running other Java processes. I used the article From Runtime.exec() to ProcessBuilder as a solid base, and When Runtime.exec() won't as a good advice how to gobble the output streams.

PS.: For those wondering, I had to do that (instead of spawning new threads) because yet another Java process is checking the presence of these processes which are, normally, ran separately with shell commands.

Answer 3

The Application Isolation API (JSR 121) introduces Isolate which addresses this use case.