Experimental environment variable to override the licmode used during MATLAB startup.

This change contains features that are meant for internal MathWorks development only, and is unsupported and undocumented for general use.

Author: prabhakk-mw

matlab_proxy/settings.py

@@ -684,6 +684,11 @@ def _get_matlab_cmd(matlab_executable_path, code_to_execute, nlm_conn_str):
         return None
 
     matlab_lic_mode = ["-licmode", "file"] if nlm_conn_str else ""
+
+    if mwi_env.Experimental.get_licmode_override():
+        matlab_lic_mode = ["-licmode", mwi_env.Experimental.get_licmode_override()]
+        logger.info(f"Using MATLAB license mode arguments: {matlab_lic_mode}")
+
     # flag to hide MATLAB Window
     flag_to_hide_desktop = ["-nodesktop"]
     if system.is_windows():

matlab_proxy/util/mwi/environment_variables.py

@@ -223,3 +223,8 @@ def get_env_name_use_rich_logging():
     def use_rich_logger():
         """Returns true if the cookie jar support is enabled."""
         return _is_env_set_to_true(Experimental.get_env_name_use_rich_logging())
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_licmode_override():
+        """Returns the licmode oveerride if set"""
+        return os.environ.get("MWI_LICMODE_OVERRIDE", None)