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+++ new/test/runtime/classFileParserBug/TestEmptyBootstrapMethodsAttr.java	2014-05-09 10:10:21.179186000 -0400
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+/*
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+
+/*
+ * @test TestEmptyBootstrapMethodsAttr
+ * @bug 8041918
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @summary Test empty bootstrap_methods table within BootstrapMethods attribute
+ * @compile TestEmptyBootstrapMethodsAttr.java
+ * @run main TestEmptyBootstrapMethodsAttr
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class TestEmptyBootstrapMethodsAttr {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+        System.out.println("Regression test for bug 8041918");
+        String jarFile = System.getProperty("test.src") + File.separator + "emptynumbootstrapmethods.jar";
+
+        // ====== extract the test case
+        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(new String[] { JDKToolFinder.getJDKTool("jar"), "xvf", jarFile } );
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+        // Test case #1:
+        // Try loading class with empty bootstrap_methods table where no
+        // other attributes are following BootstrapMethods in attribute table.
+        String className = "emptynumbootstrapmethods1";
+
+        // ======= execute test case #1 
+        // Expect a lack of main method, this implies that the class loaded correctly
+        // with an empty bootstrap_methods and did not generate a ClassFormatError.
+        pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-cp", ".", className);
+        output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldNotContain("java.lang.ClassFormatError: Invalid BootstrapMethods attribute length 2 in class");
+        output.shouldContain("Main method not found in class " + className);
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+
+        // Test case #2:
+        // Try loading class with empty bootstrap_methods table where an
+        // AnnotationDefault attribute follows the BootstrapMethods in the attribute table.
+        className = "emptynumbootstrapmethods2";
+
+        // ======= execute test case #2
+        // Expect a lack of main method, this implies that the class loaded correctly
+        // with an empty bootstrap_methods and did not generate ClassFormatError.
+        pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-cp", ".", className);
+        output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldNotContain("java.lang.ClassFormatError: Invalid BootstrapMethods attribute length 2 in class");
+        output.shouldContain("Main method not found in class " + className);
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+    }
+}