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+++ new/test/java/lang/reflect/Parameter/BadClassFiles.java	2013-09-12 15:56:59.708415268 -0400
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @run main BadClassFiles
+ * @summary The reflection API should throw the correct exceptions.
+ */
+import java.lang.Class;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Parameter;
+import java.lang.reflect.MalformedParametersException;
+
+public class BadClassFiles {
+    private int errors = 0;
+
+    private final Class<?>[] classes = {
+        EmptyName.class,
+        BadModifiers.class,
+        BadNameIndex.class,
+        NameIndexOutOfBounds.class,
+        // Name with .
+        BadName1.class,
+        // Name with [
+        BadName2.class,
+        // Name with ;
+        BadName3.class,
+        // Name with /
+        BadName4.class,
+        // Name with single unicode backspace
+        BadName5.class,
+        // Name with a backspace that becomes empty because of it.
+        BadName6.class
+    };
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
+        new BadClassFiles().run();
+    }
+
+    public void assertBadParameters(Class<?> cls) throws NoSuchMethodException {
+        try {
+            System.err.println("Trying " + cls);
+            final Method method = cls.getMethod("m", int.class, int.class);
+            final Parameter[] params = method.getParameters();
+            System.err.println("Name " + params[0].getName());
+            System.err.println("Did not see expected exception");
+            errors++;
+        } catch(MalformedParametersException e) {
+            System.err.println("Expected exception seen");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void run() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+        for (Class<?> cls : classes)
+            assertBadParameters(cls);
+
+        if (errors != 0)
+            throw new RuntimeException(errors + " errors in test");
+    }
+}