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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8046171
+ * @summary Test incorrect use of Nestmate related attributes
+ * @compile TwoNestHost.jcod
+ *          TwoNestMembers.jcod
+ *          ConflictingAttributesInNestHost.jcod
+ *          ConflictingAttributesInNestMember.jcod
+ *          BadNestMembersLength.jcod
+ *          BadNestMembersEntry.jcod
+ *          BadNestHost.jcod
+ *          BadNestHostLength.jcod
+ * @run main TestNestmateAttributes
+ */
+
+public class TestNestmateAttributes {
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+        String[] badClasses = new String[] {
+            "NestmateAttributeHolder$TwoNestHost",
+            "NestmateAttributeHolder",
+            "ConflictingAttributesInNestHost",
+            "NestmateAttributeHolder$ConflictingAttributesInNestMember",
+            "BadNestMembersLength",
+            "BadNestMembersEntry",
+            "NestmateAttributeHolder$BadNestHost",
+            "NestmateAttributeHolder$BadNestHostLength",
+        };
+
+        String[] messages = new String[] {
+            "Multiple NestHost attributes in class file",
+            "Multiple NestMembers attributes in class file",
+            "Conflicting NestMembers and NestHost attributes",
+            "Conflicting NestHost and NestMembers attributes",
+            "Wrong NestMembers attribute length",
+            "Nest member class_info_index 9 has bad constant type",
+            "Nest-host class_info_index 10 has bad constant type",
+            "Wrong NestHost attribute length",
+        };
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < badClasses.length; i++ ) {
+            try {
+                Class c = Class.forName(badClasses[i]);
+                throw new Error("Missing ClassFormatError: " + messages[i]);
+            }
+            catch (ClassFormatError expected) {
+                if (!expected.getMessage().contains(messages[i]))
+                   throw new Error("Wrong ClassFormatError message: \"" +
+                                   expected.getMessage() + "\" does not contain \"" +
+                                   messages[i] + "\"");
+                System.out.println("OK - got expected exception: " + expected);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}