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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * 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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+ *
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+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
+import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
+import javax.sound.sampled.Clip;
+import javax.sound.sampled.DataLine;
+import javax.sound.sampled.Line;
+import javax.sound.sampled.LineEvent;
+import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8156169
+ * @run main/othervm/timeout=300 IsRunningHang
+ */
+public final class IsRunningHang {
+
+    private static CountDownLatch go;
+
+    /**
+     * We will try to use all usually supported formats.
+     */
+    private static final List<AudioFormat> formats = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private static final AudioFormat.Encoding[] encodings = {
+            AudioFormat.Encoding.ALAW, AudioFormat.Encoding.ULAW,
+            AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED, AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_UNSIGNED,
+            AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_FLOAT
+    };
+
+    private static final int[] sampleRates = {8000, 16000, 48000};
+
+    private static final int[] sampleBits = {8, 16, 24, 32, 64};
+
+    private static final int[] channels = {1, 2, 3, 5};
+
+    static {
+        for (final Boolean end : new boolean[]{false, true}) {
+            for (final int sampleSize : sampleBits) {
+                for (final int sampleRate : sampleRates) {
+                    for (final int channel : channels) {
+                        for (final AudioFormat.Encoding enc : encodings) {
+                            int s = ((sampleSize + 7) / 8) * channel;
+                            formats.add(new AudioFormat(enc, sampleRate,
+                                                        sampleSize, channel,
+                                                        s, sampleRate, end));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        for (final AudioFormat format : formats) {
+            System.out.println("format = " + format);
+            // create a 0.5-second data
+            byte[] soundData = new byte[(int) (format.getFrameRate()
+                                                       * format.getFrameSize()
+                                                       / 2)];
+            try {
+                test(format, soundData);
+            } catch (LineUnavailableException | IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
+                // the test is not applicable
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void test(final AudioFormat format, final byte[] data)
+            throws Exception {
+        final Line.Info info = new DataLine.Info(Clip.class, format);
+        final Clip clip = (Clip) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
+
+        go = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        clip.addLineListener(event -> {
+            if (event.getType().equals(LineEvent.Type.START)) {
+                go.countDown();
+            }
+        });
+
+        clip.open(format, data, 0, data.length);
+        clip.start();
+        go.await();
+        while (clip.isRunning()) {
+            // This loop should not hang
+        }
+        while (clip.isActive()) {
+            // This loop should not hang
+        }
+        clip.close();
+    }
+}