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+/*
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+
+package jdk.jfr.api.metadata.valuedescriptor;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Description;
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.EventType;
+import jdk.jfr.BooleanFlag;
+import jdk.jfr.Label;
+import jdk.jfr.Name;
+import jdk.jfr.Percentage;
+import jdk.jfr.ValueDescriptor;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test all basic types in ValueDescriptor.
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.metadata.valuedescriptor.TestSimpleTypes
+ */
+public class TestSimpleTypes {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        EventType type = EventType.getEventType(MyEvent.class);
+
+        List<String> expectedStrings = new ArrayList<>();
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=myByteDesc; label=null; name=myByte; typename=byte; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=myShortLabel; name=myShort; typename=short; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=myIntDesc; label=myIntLabel; name=myInt; typename=int; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=null; name=myLongName; typename=long; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=myCharDesc; label=myCharLabel; name=myCharName; typename=char; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=null; name=myFloat; typename=float; contenttype=jdk.jfr.Percentage");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=null; name=myDouble; typename=double; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=null; name=myBoolean; typename=boolean; contenttype=jdk.jfr.BooleanFlag");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=null; name=myString; typename=java.lang.String; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=null; name=myClass; typename=java.lang.Class; contenttype=null");
+        expectedStrings.add("desc=null; label=null; name=myThread; typename=java.lang.Thread; contenttype=null");
+
+        List<Long> typeIds = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (ValueDescriptor d : type.getFields()) {
+            if (d.getName().startsWith("my")) {
+                String s = getCompareString(d);
+                System.out.println("got: " + s);
+                Asserts.assertTrue(expectedStrings.contains(s), "Wrong type string found");
+                expectedStrings.remove(s);
+
+                long typeId = d.getTypeId();
+                Asserts.assertFalse(typeIds.contains(typeId), "TypeIds not unique");
+                typeIds.add(typeId);
+
+                Asserts.assertFalse(d.isArray(), "ValueDescriptor should not be array");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!expectedStrings.isEmpty()) {
+            System.out.println("Missing expectedStrings:");
+            for (String s : expectedStrings) {
+                System.out.println(s);
+            }
+            Asserts.fail("Not all strings found");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String getCompareString(ValueDescriptor d) {
+        return String.format("desc=%s; label=%s; name=%s; typename=%s; contenttype=%s",
+                              d.getDescription(),
+                              d.getLabel(),
+                              d.getName(),
+                              d.getTypeName(),
+                              d.getContentType());
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    private static class MyEvent extends Event {
+
+        @Description("myByteDesc")
+        public byte myByte;
+
+        @Label("myShortLabel")
+        public short myShort;
+
+        @Label("myIntLabel")
+        @Description("myIntDesc")
+        public int myInt;
+
+        @Name("myLongName")
+        public long myLong;
+
+        @Label("myCharLabel")
+        @Description("myCharDesc")
+        @Name("myCharName")
+        protected char myChar;
+
+        @Percentage
+        protected float myFloat;
+        protected double myDouble;
+        @BooleanFlag
+        private boolean myBoolean;
+        private String myString;
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        private Class myClass;
+        private Thread myThread;
+    }
+}