[arquillian-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (ARQ-647) Implement a convenient way to pass system properties to managed container's JVM.

[Ondrej Zizka (Created) (JIRA)]

Implement a convenient way to pass system properties to managed container's JVM.
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                 Key: ARQ-647
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ARQ-647
             Project: Arquillian
          Issue Type: Feature Request
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: Configuration
    Affects Versions: 1.0.0.CR5
            Reporter: Ondrej Zizka
            Assignee: Aslak Knutsen
            Priority: Critical


Currently, the only way to pass system props to a container (say, JBoss AS 7), is to use
{code}
  <property name="javaVmArguments">-Dfoo=bar</property>
{code}

It would be great if system properties could be specified in a special way, like:

 * by loading a .properties file and setting them in JVM
   * from a deployment
   * from a path
   * from an URL
 * by a special config elements
 * by taking them all from the launching JVM; possibly only those with a given prefix

Here's how I'd imagine it. Params in [] are optional, with default values.

{code}
<arquillian xmlns="http://jboss.org/schema/arquillian" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.org/schema/arquillian http://jboss.org/schema/arquillian/arquillian_1_0.xsd">

	<container qualifier="jboss" default="true">
		<configuration>
			<property name="jbossHome">target/smoke</property>
			<property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args}</property>
			<property name="serverConfig">${server.config:standalone.xml}</property>
			<property name="allowConnectingToRunningServer">true</property>
			<systemProperties>
				<copyCurrent [prefix="arq."]/>
				<loadFromDeployment [path="META-INF/arq.system.properties"] [optional="false"]>
				<loadFromFile       [path="../testsuite/my.properties"] [optional="false"]>
                                <loadFromUrl        [url="http://foo.redhat.com/foo.properties"] [optional="true"]>
				<property name="jbossas.ts.integ.dir">${fooBar}</property>
			</systemProperties>
		</configuration>
	</container>
</arquillian>
{code}


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