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+++ new/test/jdk/jfr/api/metadata/eventtype/TestGetEventType.java	2019-01-29 11:01:26.214448757 +0800
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2019, 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.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
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+ * 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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+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.metadata.eventtype;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.EventType;
+import jdk.testlibrary.Asserts;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test getEventType()
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /lib/testlibrary
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.metadata.eventtype.TestGetEventType
+ */
+public class TestGetEventType {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        EventType type = EventType.getEventType(MyEventA.class);
+        Asserts.assertEquals(type.getName(), MyEventA.class.getName(), "Wrong EventType for MyEventA");
+
+        type = EventType.getEventType(MyEventB.class);
+        Asserts.assertEquals(type.getName(), MyEventB.class.getName(), "Wrong EventType for MyEventB");
+
+        try {
+            EventType.getEventType(null);
+            Asserts.fail("No exception for getEventType(null)");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // Expected exception
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class MyEventA extends Event {
+    }
+
+    private static class MyEventB extends Event {
+    }
+}