diff --git a/jps/antLayout/antlayout.iml b/jps/antLayout/antlayout.iml
index 8ee35057cef7..1c77fe401738 100644
--- a/jps/antLayout/antlayout.iml
+++ b/jps/antLayout/antlayout.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module relativePaths="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_5" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
diff --git a/jps/jps.iml b/jps/jps.iml
index 9817a1cde2fb..924ebe0a5ffb 100644
--- a/jps/jps.iml
+++ b/jps/jps.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module relativePaths="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_5" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
diff --git a/jps/plugins/appLauncher/testSrc/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaAppLauncherTest.groovy b/jps/plugins/appLauncher/testSrc/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaAppLauncherTest.groovy
index e73a5b6bc21e..55ae1464cd25 100644
--- a/jps/plugins/appLauncher/testSrc/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaAppLauncherTest.groovy
+++ b/jps/plugins/appLauncher/testSrc/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaAppLauncherTest.groovy
@@ -14,16 +14,11 @@ class JavaAppLauncherTest extends JpsBuildTestCase {
   }
 
   public void test_properties() {
-    JavaAppLauncher launcher = new JavaAppLauncher() {
-      @Override
-      Map<String, String> getSystemProperties(RunConfiguration runConf) {
-        return ["my.prop1" : "val1", "my.prop2" : "val2"];
-      }
-    }
-
-    runAndAssertOutput("MainClassProperties", launcher, { output ->
-      assertTrue(output, output.indexOf("val1" + System.getProperty("line.separator")) != -1)
-      assertTrue(output, output.indexOf("val2") != -1)
+    runAndAssertOutput("MainClassProperties", {JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher launcher ->
+        launcher.addSystemProperties(["my.prop1" : "val1", "my.prop2" : "val2"])
+      }, { output ->
+        assertTrue(output, output.indexOf("val1" + System.getProperty("line.separator")) != -1)
+        assertTrue(output, output.indexOf("val2") != -1)
     })
   }
 
@@ -50,7 +45,7 @@ class JavaAppLauncherTest extends JpsBuildTestCase {
     })
   }
 
-  private void runAndAssertOutput(String runConfName, JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher launcher, Closure assertions) {
+  private void runAndAssertOutput(String runConfName, Closure launcherInitializer, Closure assertions) {
     Project project = loadProject("plugins/appLauncher/testData/main-class-run-conf", [:]);
 
     RunConfiguration runConf = project.runConfigurations[runConfName];
@@ -61,11 +56,13 @@ class JavaAppLauncherTest extends JpsBuildTestCase {
 
     File outFile = createTempFile();
 
-    if (launcher == null) {
-      launcher = new JavaAppLauncher();
-    }
+    JavaAppLauncher launcher = new JavaAppLauncher();
     launcher.setOutputFile(outFile);
 
+    if (launcherInitializer != null) {
+      launcherInitializer(launcher);
+    }
+
     launcher.start(runConf);
 
     String output = FileUtil.loadFileText(outFile);
diff --git a/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/RunConfiguration.groovy b/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/RunConfiguration.groovy
index 36f268445336..17ea8363aec4 100644
--- a/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/RunConfiguration.groovy
+++ b/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/RunConfiguration.groovy
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ public class RunConfiguration {
   final String workingDir;
   final Map<String, String> allOptions;
   final Map<String, String> envVars;
-  final List<String> classPatterns;
+  final Node node
 
   def RunConfiguration(Project project, MacroExpander macroExpander, Node confTag) {
     this.project = project;
     this.name = confTag.'@name';
     this.type = confTag.'@type';
+    this.node = confTag;
 
     this.allOptions = [:];
     confTag.option.each{ opt ->
@@ -56,35 +57,17 @@ public class RunConfiguration {
     confTag.envs.env.each{ el ->
       this.envVars[el.'@name'] = el.'@value';
     }
-
-    this.classPatterns = [];
-    confTag.patterns?.pattern.each{ el ->
-      this.classPatterns.add(el.'@testClass');
-    }
   }
 
   private static OwnServiceLoader<RunConfigurationLauncherService> runConfLauncherServices = OwnServiceLoader.load(RunConfigurationLauncherService.class)
 
-  def start() {
+  def RunConfigurationLauncherService getLauncher() {
     for (RunConfigurationLauncherService service: runConfLauncherServices.iterator()) {
       if (service.typeId == type) {
-        service.startRunConfiguration(this);
-        return;
+        return service;
       }
     }
 
-    throw new RuntimeException("Run configuration \"$name\" of type \"$type\" is not supported.");
+    return null;
   }
-
-  // for Java based run configurations returns runtime classpath, required to launch this configuration in JVM
-/*
-  void makeDependencies() {
-    if (this.module != null) {
-      this.module.make();
-      this.module.makeTests();
-    } else {
-      this.project.makeAll();
-    }
-  }
-*/
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/RunConfigurationLauncherService.groovy b/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/RunConfigurationLauncherService.groovy
index 049ed8f2168d..06c7912c0834 100644
--- a/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/RunConfigurationLauncherService.groovy
+++ b/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/RunConfigurationLauncherService.groovy
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ public abstract class RunConfigurationLauncherService {
 
   public void afterFinish(RunConfiguration runConf) {};
 
-  public final void startRunConfiguration(RunConfiguration runConf) {
+  public final void start(RunConfiguration runConf) {
     beforeStart(runConf);
     try {
-      start(runConf);
+      actualStart(runConf);
     } finally {
       afterFinish(runConf);
     };
   };
 
-  public abstract void start(RunConfiguration runConf);
+  protected abstract void actualStart(RunConfiguration runConf);
 }
diff --git a/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher.groovy b/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher.groovy
index 8dcf189eeb94..aad3f3a3c479 100644
--- a/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher.groovy
+++ b/jps/src/org/jetbrains/jps/runConf/java/JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher.groovy
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jps.runConf.RunConfigurationLauncherService
 public abstract class JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher extends RunConfigurationLauncherService {
   private File myOutputFile;
   private File myErrorFile;
+  private Map<String, String> mySystemProperties = [:];
 
   JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher(String typeId) {
     super(typeId)
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public abstract class JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher extends RunConfiguration
   /**
    * @return system properties (can be specified in JVM arguments too, but this call is more convenient)
    */
-  public Map<String, String> getSystemProperties(RunConfiguration runConf) { return Collections.emptyMap() };
+  public Map<String, String> getSystemProperties(RunConfiguration runConf) { return mySystemProperties; };
 
   /**
    * @return classpath required to launch specified main class
@@ -57,7 +58,11 @@ public abstract class JavaBasedRunConfigurationLauncher extends RunConfiguration
     myErrorFile = errFile;
   }
 
-  public final void start(RunConfiguration runConf) {
+  public void addSystemProperties(Map<String, String> props) {
+    mySystemProperties.putAll(props);
+  }
+
+  final void actualStart(RunConfiguration runConf) {
     def project = runConf.project;
 
     def ant = project.binding.ant;