IDERunner util class that can run full distro from IDE

assembly/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/config/IDERunner.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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+ *
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+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.config;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.apache.camel.util.FileUtil;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * A helper class that can be used to start the full broker distro with default configuration
+ * in an IDE. It can be helpful for debugging/testing externally provided test cases.
+ */
+public class IDERunner {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+        System.setProperty("activemq.base", ".");
+        System.setProperty("activemq.home", "."); // not a valid home but ok for xml validation
+        System.setProperty("activemq.data", "target/");
+        System.setProperty("activemq.conf", "src/release/conf");
+
+        FileUtil.removeDir(new File("target/kahadb"));
+
+        BrokerService broker = BrokerFactory.createBroker("xbean:src/release/conf/activemq.xml");
+        broker.start();
+        broker.waitUntilStopped();
+
+    }
+
+}