Github user michaelandrepearce commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/2254#discussion_r211412518
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artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/ArtemisSystemProperties.java
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+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils;
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+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Properties;
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+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+
+public final class ArtemisSystemProperties {
+
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My concern is the broken window here. That further people may start abusing
this in future developments. Could this be closer coupled with the defaults
class or something so its very clear this is only used to override the default
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