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+/*
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+ * 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.
+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug     8161558
+ * @summary ListIterator should not discard cause on exception
+ * @run testng CheckForIndexOutOfBoundsException
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.AbstractList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
+
+// Fixed size list containing two elements
+
+class MyList extends AbstractList<String> {
+
+    private static final int SIZE = 2;
+
+    public String get(int i) {
+        if (i >= 0 && i < SIZE) {
+            return "x";
+        } else {
+            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public int size() {
+        return SIZE;
+    }
+}
+
+@Test
+public class CheckForIndexOutOfBoundsException {
+
+    List<String> list = new MyList();
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkIteratorNext() {
+        var iterator = list.iterator(); // position at start
+        try {
+            for (int i = 0; i <= list.size(); i++) {
+                iterator.next();
+            }
+            fail("Failing checkIteratorNext() - NoSuchElementException should have been thrown");
+        } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
+            checkAssertOnException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkListIteratorNext() {
+        var iterator = list.listIterator(list.size()); // position at end
+        try {
+            iterator.next();
+            fail("Failing checkListIteratorNext() - NoSuchElementException should have been thrown");
+        } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
+            checkAssertOnException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkListIteratorPrevious() {
+        var iterator = list.listIterator(0); // position at start
+        try {
+            iterator.previous();
+            fail("Failing checkListIteratorPrevious() - NoSuchElementException should have been thrown");
+        } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
+            checkAssertOnException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkAssertOnException(NoSuchElementException e) {
+        var cause = e.getCause();
+        assertNotNull(cause, "Exception.getCause()");
+        assertTrue(cause instanceof IndexOutOfBoundsException, "Exception.getCause() should be an " +
+                "IndexOutOfBoundsException");
+        var msg = e.getMessage();
+        assertNotNull(msg, "Exception.getMessage()");
+        assertTrue(msg.contains("IndexOutOfBoundsException"), "Exception.getMessage() should " +
+                "contain the string 'IndexOutOfBoundsException'");
+    }
+}
+