Restarting a Java application programmatically

I found an interesting article through DZone (excellent site) about how to start a Java application programmatically. The original article can be found on the blog of Leo Lewis. Restarting a Java application is pretty useful for certain applications, where you don't have direct access to the deployment environment.

Here is the orginal link to the article:
http://leolewis.website.org/wordpress/?p=499