AbstractLocalDeployerSupport.java

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  /**
	 * Builds the execution command for an application.
	 *
	 * @param request the request for the application to execute
	 * @return the build command as a string array
	 */
	private String[] buildExecutionCommand(AppDeploymentRequest request) {
		ArrayList<String> commands = new ArrayList<String>();
		commands.add(properties.getJavaCmd());
		Map<String, String> deploymentProperties = request.getDeploymentProperties();

		// Adds Java System Properties (ie -Dmy.prop=val) before main class or -jar
		if (deploymentProperties.containsKey("JAVA_OPTS")) {
			String[] javaOpts = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(deploymentProperties.get("JAVA_OPTS"), ",");
			commands.addAll(Arrays.asList(javaOpts));
		}
                // Below allows passing JAVA_OPTS via Data Flow
		Map<String, String> appProperties = request.getDefinition().getProperties();
		if (appProperties.containsKey("JAVA_OPTS")) {
			String[] javaOpts = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(appProperties.get("JAVA_OPTS"), ",");
			commands.addAll(Arrays.asList(javaOpts));
		}
    
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