/*
 * Copyright  2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package org.apache.tools.ant.launch;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Interface used to bridge to the actual Main class without any
 * messy reflection
 *
 * @since Ant 1.6
 */
public interface AntMain {
    /**
     * Start Ant.
     *
     * @param args command line args
     * @param additionalUserProperties properties to set beyond those that
     *        may be specified on the args list
     * @param coreLoader - not used
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    void startAnt(String[] args, Properties additionalUserProperties,
                  ClassLoader coreLoader);
}