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+++ new/test/runtime/Nestmates/privateMethods/TestInvokeInterface.java	2017-09-15 03:00:59.018186572 -0400
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+/*
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+
+// We compile two versions of the nested StaticIface which contains a call
+// to a private interface method. Both versions are compiled to use
+// invokeinterface, but one is modified to declare a lower classfile version,
+// which makes the use of invokeinterface illegal in that context.
+// We run the test twice, each time using a different version of the
+// StaticIface class.
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8046171
+ * @summary Test use of invokeinterface versus invokespecial for private
+ *          interface method invocation
+ * @compile TestInvokeInterface.java
+ * @compile StaticIfaceGood.jcod
+ * @run main TestInvokeInterface pass
+ * @compile StaticIfaceError.jcod
+ * @run main TestInvokeInterface fail
+ */
+
+public class TestInvokeInterface {
+
+    static interface StaticIface {
+
+        private void priv_invoke() {
+            System.out.println("StaticIface::priv_invoke");
+        }
+
+        default void access_priv(StaticIface o) {
+            o.priv_invoke();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        boolean shouldFail = args[0].equals("fail");
+        String icce = "IncompatibleClassChangeError: private interface method requires invokespecial";
+        StaticIface intf = new StaticIface() {};
+        try {
+            intf.access_priv(new StaticIface(){});
+            if (shouldFail)
+                throw new Error("Do not get expected exception: " + icce);
+            else
+                System.out.println("Invocation succeeded as expected");
+        }
+        catch (IncompatibleClassChangeError e) {
+            if (shouldFail && e.toString().contains(icce))
+                System.out.println("Got expected exception: " + e);
+            else
+                throw new Error("Unexpected cause of exception: " + e);
+        }
+    }
+}