The coldStart IPropertyCollection parameter

The parameter passed to the coldStart() method is just a mapping from String names to Property objects. These String/Property entries are gathered from several sources, including the creation of the launch descriptor XML (Section ):

• The string plugins will be mapped to whatever string was specified as the -plugins parameter. This entry is listed in the launch descriptor.
• The string name will be mapped to a default name for the first manager netlet, and is set by Beatrix. This entry is listed in the launch descriptor.
• Other String/Property entries can be specified in the launch descriptor XML. Each entry will have the name, allowed PropertyType, whether it is required, and a possible default value. Those required entries without a default value must be specified in the console's run command. Those entries with a default value may optionally have that value overridden in the console's run command. Any entry not explicitly specified in the launch XML cannot be entered with the run command. Jtrixmaker can be used to set these other string/property values.
• The launch descriptor's config element is a BeatrixApplicationDescriptor object. This also contains String/Property pairs which are copied into the IPropertyCollection parameter of coldStart(). Two are set by default: debug and debug-no are both long values set to zero. See Section  for more on these.
• If the same string name is set both in the BeatrixApplicationDescriptor and the launcher command line, then the command line takes precendence. For example when we use the run command we can append debug={long:-1} to switch on maximum debug output (Section ).