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+++ new/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/metadata/settingdescriptor/CustomEvent.java	2018-04-09 16:58:35.022474821 +0200
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+/*
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+package jdk.jfr.api.metadata.settingdescriptor;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Description;
+import jdk.jfr.EventType;
+import jdk.jfr.Label;
+import jdk.jfr.Name;
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.SettingDefinition;
+import jdk.jfr.SettingDescriptor;
+import jdk.jfr.Timespan;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingFile;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+final class CustomEvent extends BaseEvent {
+
+    public static final String DESCRIPTION_OF_AN_ANNOTATED_METHOD = "Description of an annotated method";
+    public static final String ANNOTATED_METHOD = "Annotated Method";
+
+    // should be shadowed by built-in setting threshold
+    @SettingDefinition
+    boolean threshold(PlainSetting p) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @SettingDefinition
+    private boolean plain(PlainSetting s) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @SettingDefinition
+    protected boolean annotatedType(AnnotatedSetting s) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @SettingDefinition
+    @Name("newName")
+    @Label(ANNOTATED_METHOD)
+    @Description(DESCRIPTION_OF_AN_ANNOTATED_METHOD)
+    @Timespan(Timespan.NANOSECONDS)
+    public boolean whatever(AnnotatedSetting s) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @SettingDefinition
+    boolean overridden(PlainSetting s) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static void assertOnDisk(Comparator<SettingDescriptor> c) throws Exception {
+        EventType in = EventType.getEventType(CustomEvent.class);
+        Path p = Paths.get("custom.jfr");
+        try (Recording r = new Recording()) {
+            r.start();
+            r.stop();
+            r.dump(p);
+        }
+        try (RecordingFile f = new RecordingFile(p)) {
+            for (EventType out : f.readEventTypes()) {
+                if (out.getName().equals(CustomEvent.class.getName())) {
+                    if (out.getSettingDescriptors().size() != in.getSettingDescriptors().size()) {
+                        throw new Exception("Number of settings doesn't match");
+                    }
+                    for (SettingDescriptor os : out.getSettingDescriptors()) {
+                        SettingDescriptor is = Events.getSetting(in, os.getName());
+                        if (c.compare(os, is) != 0) {
+                            throw new Exception("Setting with name " + is.getName() + " doesn't match");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        throw new Exception("Could not event type with name " + CustomEvent.class.getName());
+    }
+}