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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.
+ *
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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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+package org.graalvm.compiler.core.test;
+
+import static org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.CompilationIdentifier.INVALID_COMPILATION_ID;
+import static org.graalvm.compiler.debug.DelegatingDebugConfig.Feature.INTERCEPT;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.MetaAccessProvider;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
+
+import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.api.test.Graal;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.Debug;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.DebugConfigScope;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.DelegatingDebugConfig;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.java.GraphBuilderPhase;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph.AllowAssumptions;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.GraphBuilderConfiguration;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.InvocationPlugins;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.GraphBuilderConfiguration.Plugins;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.OptimisticOptimizations;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.PhaseSuite;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.VerifyPhase;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.tiers.HighTierContext;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.util.Providers;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.runtime.RuntimeProvider;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.test.GraalTest;
+
+/**
+ * Test that interfaces are correctly initialized by a static field resolution during eager graph
+ * building.
+ */
+public class StaticInterfaceFieldTest extends GraalTest {
+
+    private interface I {
+        Object CONST = new Object() {
+        };
+
+    }
+
+    private static final class C implements I {
+        @SuppressWarnings({"static-method", "unused"})
+        public Object test() {
+            return CONST;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        eagerlyParseMethod(C.class, "test");
+
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("try")
+    private void eagerlyParseMethod(Class<C> clazz, String methodName) {
+        RuntimeProvider rt = Graal.getRequiredCapability(RuntimeProvider.class);
+        Providers providers = rt.getHostBackend().getProviders();
+        MetaAccessProvider metaAccess = providers.getMetaAccess();
+
+        PhaseSuite<HighTierContext> graphBuilderSuite = new PhaseSuite<>();
+        Plugins plugins = new Plugins(new InvocationPlugins(metaAccess));
+        GraphBuilderConfiguration config = GraphBuilderConfiguration.getDefault(plugins).withEagerResolving(true);
+        graphBuilderSuite.appendPhase(new GraphBuilderPhase(config));
+        HighTierContext context = new HighTierContext(providers, graphBuilderSuite, OptimisticOptimizations.NONE);
+
+        Assume.assumeTrue(VerifyPhase.class.desiredAssertionStatus());
+
+        final Method m = getMethod(clazz, methodName);
+        ResolvedJavaMethod method = metaAccess.lookupJavaMethod(m);
+        StructuredGraph graph = new StructuredGraph(method, AllowAssumptions.NO, INVALID_COMPILATION_ID);
+        try (DebugConfigScope s = Debug.setConfig(new DelegatingDebugConfig().disable(INTERCEPT)); Debug.Scope ds = Debug.scope("GraphBuilding", graph, method)) {
+            graphBuilderSuite.apply(graph, context);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw Debug.handle(e);
+        }
+    }
+}