1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp b/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp
index 16394eaec31..b8b0af03cf5 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,56 @@ Ice::initialize(int& argc, char* argv[], const InitializationData& initializatio
 }
 
 CommunicatorPtr
+Ice::initialize(StringSeq& args, const InitializationData& initializationData, Int version)
+{
+    int origArgc;
+    char** argv;
+
+    CommunicatorPtr communicator;
+    try
+    {
+	//
+	// Make a dummy argc/argv.
+	// (We can't use argsToStringSeq() because that requires an already initialized argv.)
+	//
+	int argc = args.size();
+	origArgc = argc;
+	argv = new char*[args.size() + 1];
+	int i;
+	for(i = 0; i != argc; ++i)
+	{
+	    argv[i] = new char[args[i].size() + 1];
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
+	    strcpy_s(argv[i], args[i].size() + 1, args[i].c_str());
+#else
+	    strcpy(argv[i], args[i].c_str());
+#endif
+	}
+	argv[argc] = 0;
+
+	communicator = initialize(argc, argv, initializationData, version);
+
+	args = argsToStringSeq(argc, argv);
+	
+	for(i = 0; i < origArgc; ++i)
+	{
+	    delete[] argv[i];
+	}
+	delete[] argv;
+    }
+    catch(...)
+    {
+	for(int i = 0; i < origArgc; ++i)
+	{
+	    delete[] argv[i];
+	}
+	delete[] argv;
+        throw;
+    }
+    return communicator;
+}
+
+CommunicatorPtr
 Ice::initialize(const InitializationData& initData, Int version)
 {
     //