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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @author Victor Hernandez; ported to jtreg by David Durrence
+ * @summary <rdar://problem/4235868> This is a test to ensure that we can allocate a Java heap of size 2 Gb.
+ * @summary com.apple.junit.java.vm
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class XmxHeapSizeTest
+{
+    /*
+     * These strings match the strings in the VM. If we change the error message
+     * in the VM, we need to update these.
+     */
+    String errorMsgLine1 = "Error occurred during initialization of VM";
+    String errorMsgLine2 = "Could not reserve enough space for object heap";
+
+    /*
+     * Spawns 'java -Xmx2048M -version' and checks that a Java heap of max size 2 Gb can be allocated
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
+        String javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home");
+        String path = javaHome + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "java";
+
+        // confirm that appropriate executable exists
+        File executable = new File(path);
+        if (!executable.exists()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Problems locating " + path);
+        }
+
+        String[] command = {
+            path,
+            "-Xmx2048M",
+            "-version"
+        };
+
+        Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
+        p.waitFor();
+        int exitValue = p.exitValue();
+        if (exitValue != 0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unable to allocate a Java heap of size 2 Gb");
+        }
+    }
+}