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The <j2seproject:java> contains a customize section so other arguments can be sent to the VM and stuff. This is great, however this is absent in the <j2seproject:debug>. The only way to get this functionality is to copy the whole debug target to the build.xml and then modify the copy. Not nearly as elegant a solution.