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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.jcmd;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingFile;
+import jdk.test.lib.Utils;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.FileHelper;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+/**
+ * @test TestClassId
+ * @key jfr
+ * 
+ * @library /lib /
+ * 
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.jcmd.TestJcmdLegacy
+ */
+public class TestJcmdLegacy {
+
+    private static final String DIR = System.getProperty("test.src", ".");
+    private static final File SETTINGS = new File(DIR, "legacy.jfc");
+
+    private static final String LEGACY_EVENT = "com.oracle.jdk.JVMInformation";
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        testAPI();
+        testJcmd();
+    }
+
+    private static void testJcmd() throws Exception {
+        String name = "testLegacy";
+        Path p = Paths.get(name + ".jfr").toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+        OutputAnalyzer output = JcmdHelper.jcmd("JFR.start", "name=" + name, "settings=" + SETTINGS.getCanonicalPath());
+        JcmdAsserts.assertRecordingHasStarted(output);
+        JcmdHelper.waitUntilRunning(name);
+        JcmdHelper.stopWriteToFileAndCheck(name, p.toFile());
+        FileHelper.verifyRecording(p.toFile());
+        verify(p);
+    }
+
+    private static void testAPI() throws IOException, Exception {
+        Path p = Utils.createTempFile("enable-legacy-event", ".jfr");
+
+        try (Recording r = new Recording()) {
+            r.enable(LEGACY_EVENT);
+            r.start();
+            r.stop();
+            r.dump(p);
+            verify(p);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void verify(Path p) throws IOException, Exception {
+        for (RecordedEvent e : RecordingFile.readAllEvents(p)) {
+            System.out.println(e.getEventType().getName());
+            if (e.getEventType().getName().equals(EventNames.JVMInformation)) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        throw new Exception("Could not find legacy event");
+    }
+}