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+/*
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+
+/*
+ * @test TestStringTableStats.java
+ * @bug 8027476 8027455
+ * @summary Ensure that the G1TraceStringTableScrubbing prints the expected message.
+ * @key gc
+ * @requires vm.gc.G1
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ *          java.management
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+public class TestStringTableStats {
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-XX:+UseG1GC",
+                                                              "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions",
+                                                              "-Xlog:gc+stringtable=trace",
+                                                              SystemGCTest.class.getName());
+
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+
+    System.out.println("Output:\n" + output.getOutput());
+
+    output.shouldMatch("GC\\(\\d+\\) Cleaned string table");
+    output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+  }
+
+  static class SystemGCTest {
+    public static void main(String [] args) {
+      System.out.println("Calling System.gc()");
+      System.gc();
+    }
+  }
+}