question: public void start ( final String [ ] args ) throws Exception { final Map < String , Object > options = getStartOptions ( args ) ; workingDirectory = IOUtils . tryGetCanonicalFileElseGetAbsoluteFile ( ( File ) options . get ( DIR ) ) ; verifyAndClearStatus ( ) ; runCommandLine ( options , buildCommandLine ( options ) ) ; pollAgentUntilRunning ( ) ; System . exit ( 0 ) ; }
target:  After parsing the command line arguments, spawn the Java VM that will host the GemFire JMX Agent.