Package com.google.appengine.tools

Class KickStart

java.lang.Object
com.google.appengine.tools.KickStart
public class KickStart extends Object
Launches a process in an operating-system agnostic way. Helps us avoid idiosyncrasies in scripts for different platforms. Currently this only works for DevAppServerMain. Takes a command line invocation like: 
 java -cp ../lib/appengine-tools-api.jar com.google.appengine.tools.KickStart \
   --jvm_flag="-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.props"
   com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain \
   --jvm_flag="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=7000"
   --address=localhost --port=5005 appDir
and turns it into: 
 java -cp <an_absolute_path>/lib/appengine-tools-api.jar \
   -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.props \
   -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=7000 \
   com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain \
   --address=localhost --port=5005 <an_absolute_path>/appDir
while also setting its working directory (if appropriate).

All arguments between com.google.appengine.tools.KickStart and com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain, as well as all --jvm_flag arguments after DevAppServerMain, are consumed by KickStart. The remaining options after DevAppServerMain are given as arguments to DevAppServerMain, without interpretation by KickStart. At present, the only valid option to KickStart itself is:

--jvm_flag=<vm_arg>
Passes <vm_arg> as a JVM argument for the child JVM. May be repeated.
Additionally, if the --external_resource_dir argument is specified, we use it to set the working directory instead of the application war directory.

  • Method Details

    • main

      public static void main(String[] args)