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+/*
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+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8046171
+ * @summary Test access to private constructors in the hierarchy that are
+ * outside the nest
+ * @compile TestConstructorHierarchy.java
+ * @compile ExternalSuper.jcod
+ *          ExternalSub.jcod
+ * @run main TestConstructorHierarchy
+ */
+
+public class TestConstructorHierarchy {
+
+    static class NestedA extends ExternalSuper {
+        private NestedA() {}
+        protected NestedA(int i) {} // for compile-time only
+    }
+
+    // Access to private members of classes outside the nest is
+    // not permitted. These tests should throw IllegalAccessError
+    // at runtime. To allow them to compile the classes below are
+    // defined with public members. We then replace those class files
+    // with jcod variants that make the member private again.
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        try {
+            new ExternalSuper();
+            throw new Error("Unexpected construction of ExternalSuper");
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessError iae) {
+            if (iae.getMessage().contains("tried to access method ExternalSuper.<init>()V from class TestConstructorHierarchy")) {
+                System.out.println("Got expected exception constructing ExternalSuper: " + iae);
+            }
+            else throw new Error("Unexpected IllegalAccessError: " + iae);
+        }
+        try {
+            new NestedA();
+            throw new Error("Unexpected construction of NestedA and supers");
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessError iae) {
+            if (iae.getMessage().contains("tried to access method ExternalSuper.<init>()V from class TestConstructorHierarchy$NestedA")) {
+                System.out.println("Got expected exception constructing NestedA: " + iae);
+            }
+            else throw new Error("Unexpected IllegalAccessError: " + iae);
+        }
+        try {
+            new ExternalSub();
+            throw new Error("Unexpected construction of ExternalSub");
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessError iae) {
+            if (iae.getMessage().contains("tried to access method TestConstructorHierarchy$NestedA.<init>()V from class ExternalSub")) {
+                System.out.println("Got expected exception constructing ExternalSub: " + iae);
+            }
+            else throw new Error("Unexpected IllegalAccessError: " + iae);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Classes that are not part of the nest.
+// Being non-public allows us to declare them in this file.
+// The constructor is public to allow this file to compile, but
+// the jcod files change it back to private.
+
+class ExternalSuper {
+    public ExternalSuper() { }
+}
+
+
+class ExternalSub extends TestConstructorHierarchy.NestedA {
+    public ExternalSub() {
+        super(0); // this is changed to super() in jcod file
+    }
+}