restart java application

[rushikesh jadha]

i want to restart my java swing application when user click on restart button.
how to do it using java.

[JamesCherrill]

Assuming you haven't relied on static variables you can just dispose() your window(s) and create new ones by re-executing the existing startup code

[rushikesh jadha]

thankx i did that,but i want to know can we restart the application instead of just disopsing window using java.

[stultuske]

what do you mean 're-starting'? I assume you won't be actually killing your process in an attempt to do so ...

re-initialize all your variables to your defaults, re-set all your inputfields, and go back to the original screen.

When you press the reset button... you would have to create something which will start your application (possibly in a scheduler job of some sort... maybe 2 or 3 seconds later, giving your application enough time to terminate), then exit your application.
When your application restarts, it should test to see if there is a scheduler job, then kill the scheduler job.