According to the jetty folks this would have to be done via gradle calling Jetty. In Jetty7 it's possible, but not in Jetty 6:

11:56:55 < lightguard_jp> When using the embedded jetty (calling the APIs directly) is there a way to spawn the server process into a different thread or JVM?
11:59:38 <@jmcconnell> lightguard_jp: via programmatic usage of jetty-start I think so
11:59:57 <@jmcconnell> but you won't be doing Server server = new Server()
12:00:03 < lightguard_jp> jmcconnell: Hm, which class is that? And I'm in jetty6 btw
12:00:15 <@jmcconnell> you wuld be processing jetty.xml via XMLConfiguration
12:00:18 <@jmcconnell> ah, not in jetty6
12:00:33 <@jmcconnell> that support was added not long ago in jetty7
12:00:44 < lightguard_jp> Drat.
12:00:51 < lightguard_jp> How stable is 7?
12:01:17 <@jmcconnell> i staged the final release of jetty7.0.0.v20091001 yesterday
12:01:28 <@jmcconnell> it is very stable
12:01:53 <@jmcconnell> jetty6 is in maintenance now
12:02:20 < lightguard_jp> Anything major in 7 like new spec support or anything like that?
12:02:41 <@jmcconnell> packaging changes and security refactored to support jaspi
12:03:18 < lightguard_jp> Stuff like Servlet 3.0 is in 8, correct?
12:03:19 <@jmcconnell> jetty8 will be out shortly following jetty7 initial release with support for servlet 3.0
12:03:24 <@jmcconnell> yes
12:03:24 < lightguard_jp> lol
12:03:31 < lightguard_jp> Cool, thanks.
12:03:40 <@jmcconnell> jetty8 is a thin wrapper over 7
12:03:55 <@jmcconnell> jetty7 is really solid imo, going to be a good release
12:04:13 <@jmcconnell> easier to work with, the package changes have been really helpful in clarity
12:04:57 <@jmcconnell> RC6 is published to maven central and is effectivelt the same as the staged final jetty7 release
12:05:07 <@jmcconnell> well 7.0.0
12:05:36 <@jmcconnell> 7.0.1 has some cool stuff in it as well, centralized logging and webapp verification

We may want to wait on this, or we'd have to upgrade to a newer version of Jetty. Hans if you're in IRC we can discuss this and the glassfish plugin I've been toying with.

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