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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.event.runtime;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.event.runtime.TestThreadStartEndEvents
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Starts and stops a number of threads in order.
+ * Verifies that events are in the same order.
+ */
+public class TestThreadStartEndEvents {
+    private final static String EVENT_NAME_THREAD_START = EventNames.ThreadStart;
+    private final static String EVENT_NAME_THREAD_END = EventNames.ThreadEnd;
+    private static final String THREAD_NAME_PREFIX = "TestThread-";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        // Test Java Thread Start event
+        Recording recording = new Recording();
+        recording.enable(EVENT_NAME_THREAD_START).withThreshold(Duration.ofMillis(0));
+        recording.enable(EVENT_NAME_THREAD_END).withThreshold(Duration.ofMillis(0));
+        recording.start();
+        LatchedThread[] threads = startThreads();
+        stopThreads(threads);
+        recording.stop();
+
+        int currThreadIndex = 0;
+        long currentThreadId = Thread.currentThread().getId();
+        List<RecordedEvent> events = Events.fromRecording(recording);
+        Events.hasEvents(events);
+        for (RecordedEvent event : events) {
+            System.out.println("Event:" + event);
+            if (event.getThread().getJavaThreadId() != currentThreadId) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Threads should be started and stopped in the correct order.
+            Events.assertEventThread(event, threads[currThreadIndex % threads.length]);
+            String eventName = currThreadIndex < threads.length ? EVENT_NAME_THREAD_START : EVENT_NAME_THREAD_END;
+            if (!eventName.equals(event.getEventType().getName())) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected event of tyoe " + eventName + " but got " + event.getEventType().getName());
+            }
+            currThreadIndex++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static LatchedThread[] startThreads() {
+        LatchedThread threads[] = new LatchedThread[10];
+        ThreadGroup threadGroup = new ThreadGroup("TestThreadGroup");
+        for (int i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
+            threads[i] = new LatchedThread(threadGroup, THREAD_NAME_PREFIX + i);
+            threads[i].startThread();
+            System.out.println("Started thread id=" + threads[i].getId());
+        }
+        return threads;
+    }
+
+    private static void stopThreads(LatchedThread[] threads) {
+        for (LatchedThread thread : threads) {
+            thread.stopThread();
+            while (thread.isAlive()) {
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(5);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class LatchedThread extends Thread {
+        private final CountDownLatch start = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        private final CountDownLatch stop = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        public LatchedThread(ThreadGroup threadGroup, String name) {
+            super(threadGroup, name);
+        }
+
+        public void run() {
+            start.countDown();
+            try {
+                stop.await();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void startThread() {
+            this.start();
+            try {
+                start.await();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void stopThread() {
+            stop.countDown();
+        }
+    }
+
+}