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+++ new/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/recording/event/TestReEnableName.java	2018-04-09 17:16:00.345894762 +0200
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+/*
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+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.recording.event;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Enable/disable event by name during recording.
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.recording.event.TestReEnableName
+ */
+public class TestReEnableName {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        testRecordingWithEnabledEvent(EventNames.FileWrite, false);
+        testRecordingWithEnabledEvent(EventNames.FileWrite, true);
+    }
+
+    // Loop and enable/disable events. Create events each loop.
+    // Verify we only get events created during enabled.
+    private static void testRecordingWithEnabledEvent(String eventname, boolean enabled) throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("Testing enabled=" + enabled + " for " + eventname);
+        final Path pathDisabled = Paths.get(".", "disabled.txt").toAbsolutePath();
+        final Path pathEnabled = Paths.get(".", "enabled.txt").toAbsolutePath();
+
+        Recording r = new Recording();
+        if (enabled) {
+            r.enable(eventname).withoutThreshold().withoutStackTrace();
+        } else {
+            r.disable(eventname).withoutThreshold().withoutStackTrace();
+        }
+        r.start();
+
+        // We should only get events for pathEnabled, not for pathDisabled.
+        int countExpectedEvents = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+            if (enabled) {
+                Files.write(pathEnabled, "E".getBytes());
+                ++countExpectedEvents;
+                r.disable(eventname);
+            } else {
+                Files.write(pathDisabled, "D".getBytes());
+                r.enable(eventname);
+            }
+            enabled = !enabled;
+        }
+        r.stop();
+
+        int countFoundEvents = 0;
+        for (RecordedEvent event : Events.fromRecording(r)) {
+            System.out.printf("Event %s%n", event);
+            Asserts.assertEquals(eventname, event.getEventType().getName(), "Wrong event type");
+            String path = Events.assertField(event, "path").getValue();
+            System.out.println(path);
+            if (pathEnabled.toString().equals(path)) {
+                ++countFoundEvents;
+            }
+        }
+        Asserts.assertGreaterThanOrEqual(countFoundEvents, countExpectedEvents, "Too few events found");
+
+        r.close();
+    }
+}