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+++ new/test/jdk/javadoc/tool/QuietOption.java	Fri Jan 22 12:29:20 2016
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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
+ * @bug 8035473
+ * @summary make sure tool is quiet when told to, and chatty otherwise
+ */
+
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Dummy javadoc comment.
+ */
+public class QuietOption {
+
+    final File javadoc;
+    final File testSrc;
+    final String thisClassName;
+
+    public QuietOption() {
+        File javaHome = new File(System.getProperty("java.home"));
+        if (javaHome.getName().endsWith("jre"))
+            javaHome = javaHome.getParentFile();
+        javadoc = new File(new File(javaHome, "bin"), "javadoc");
+        testSrc = new File(System.getProperty("test.src"));
+        thisClassName = QuietOption.class.getName();
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        QuietOption test = new QuietOption();
+        test.run1();
+        test.run2();
+    }
+
+    // make sure javadoc is quiet
+    void run1() throws Exception {
+        List<String> output = doTest(javadoc.getPath(),
+                "-J-Xbootclasspath:" + System.getProperty("sun.boot.class.path"),
+                "-classpath", ".", // insulates us from ambient classpath
+                "-quiet",
+                new File(testSrc, thisClassName + ".java").getPath());
+
+        if (!output.isEmpty()) {
+            System.out.println(output);
+            throw new Exception("run1: Shhh!, very chatty javadoc!.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // make sure javadoc is chatty
+    void run2() throws Exception {
+        List<String> output = doTest(javadoc.getPath(),
+                "-J-Xbootclasspath:" + System.getProperty("sun.boot.class.path"),
+                "-classpath", ".", // insulates us from ambient classpath
+                new File(testSrc, thisClassName + ".java").getPath());
+
+        if (output.isEmpty()) {
+            System.out.println(output);
+            throw new Exception("run2: speak up and please be heard!.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * More dummy comments.
+     */
+    List<String> doTest(String... args) throws Exception {
+        List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
+        // run javadoc in separate process to ensure doclet executed under
+        // normal user conditions w.r.t. classloader
+        Process p = new ProcessBuilder()
+                .command(args)
+                .redirectErrorStream(true)
+                .start();
+        try (BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()))) {
+            String line = in.readLine();
+            while (line != null) {
+                output.add(line.trim());
+                line = in.readLine();
+            }
+        }
+        int rc = p.waitFor();
+        if (rc != 0) {
+            throw new Exception("javadoc failed, rc:" + rc);
+        }
+        return output;
+    }
+}