public int createInstance(String name, int sshPort, int rmiRegistryPort, int rmiServerPort, String location, String javaOpts, String features, String featureURLs, String address) throws Exception { if ("".equals(location)) { location = null; } if ("".equals(javaOpts)) { javaOpts = null; } InstanceSettings settings = new InstanceSettings(sshPort, rmiRegistryPort, rmiServerPort, location, javaOpts, parseStringList(featureURLs), parseStringList(features), new HashMap<String, URL>(), new HashMap<String, URL>(), address); Instance inst = adminService.createInstance(name, settings); if (inst != null) { return inst.getPid(); } else { return -1; } }