AbstractStarter.java

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package org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.hook;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Base class for JVM Process based starter. <p/>Base implementation to lauch a JVM given java options, main class and
 * args in a separate process.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:alex@gnilux.com">Alexandre Vasseur </a>
 */
abstract class AbstractStarter {
    protected String opt;

    protected String main;

    protected AbstractStarter(String opt, String main) {
        this.opt = opt;
        this.main = main;
    }

    /**
     * return command line that launched the target process
     */
    public String getCommandLine() {
        StringBuffer command = new StringBuffer();
        command.append(System.getProperty("java.home"));
        command.append(File.separatorChar).append("bin").append(File.separatorChar).append("java");
        command.append(" ").append(opt);
        command.append(" ").append(main);
        return command.toString();
    }

    /**
     * launchs target process
     */
    public Process launchVM() throws IOException {
        System.out.println(getCommandLine());
        return Runtime.getRuntime().exec(getCommandLine());
    }
}