Index: integration/ant/src/java/org/apache/cactus/integration/ant/container/AbstractJavaContainer.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-cactus/integration/ant/src/java/org/apache/cactus/integration/ant/container/AbstractJavaContainer.java,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 AbstractJavaContainer.java
--- integration/ant/src/java/org/apache/cactus/integration/ant/container/AbstractJavaContainer.java	31 May 2004 20:05:22 -0000	1.12
+++ integration/ant/src/java/org/apache/cactus/integration/ant/container/AbstractJavaContainer.java	9 Dec 2004 17:36:05 -0000
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
      */
     private boolean append;
 
+
+    /**
+     * The arguments for JVM.
+     */
+    private String jvmArgs;
+
     // Public Methods ----------------------------------------------------------
 
     /**
@@ -70,6 +76,17 @@
         this.append = isAppend;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the arguments for JVM.
+     *
+     * @param theJVMArgs The arguments
+     */
+    public final void setJVMArgs(String theJVMArgs)
+    {
+        this.jvmArgs = theJVMArgs;
+    }
+
     // Protected Methods -------------------------------------------------------
 
     /**
@@ -102,6 +119,14 @@
         java.setOutput(this.output);
         java.setAppend(this.append);
 
+        // pass arguments to the JVM
+        if (this.jvmArgs != null) 
+        {
+            getLog().trace(
+                "Passing argumentos to the container JVm: " + this.jvmArgs);
+            java.createJvmarg().setValue(this.jvmArgs);
+        }
+
         // Add extra container classpath entries specified by the user.
         addExtraClasspath(java);
        
@@ -223,7 +248,15 @@
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
+    /**
+     * @return The arguments for JVM.
+     */
+    protected final String getJVMArgs()
+    {
+        return this.jvmArgs;
+    }
+
     // Private Methods -------------------------------------------------------
 
     /**