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+/*
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+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8194922
+ * @summary jlink --exclude-resources should never exclude module-info.class
+ * @modules jdk.jlink/jdk.tools.jlink.internal
+ *          jdk.jlink/jdk.tools.jlink.internal.plugins
+ *          jdk.jlink/jdk.tools.jlink.plugin
+ * @run main ExcludeModuleInfoTest
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import jdk.tools.jlink.internal.ResourcePoolManager;
+
+import jdk.tools.jlink.internal.plugins.ExcludePlugin;
+import jdk.tools.jlink.plugin.PluginException;
+import jdk.tools.jlink.plugin.ResourcePool;
+import jdk.tools.jlink.plugin.ResourcePoolBuilder;
+import jdk.tools.jlink.plugin.ResourcePoolEntry;
+
+public class ExcludeModuleInfoTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new ExcludeModuleInfoTest().test();
+    }
+
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        check("**.class", "/mymodule/module-info.class");
+        check("/java.base/module-info.class", "/java.base/module-info.class");
+    }
+
+    public void check(String s, String sample) throws Exception {
+        Map<String, String> prop = new HashMap<>();
+        prop.put(ExcludePlugin.NAME, s);
+        ExcludePlugin excludePlugin = new ExcludePlugin();
+        excludePlugin.configure(prop);
+        ResourcePoolManager resourcesMgr = new ResourcePoolManager();
+        ResourcePoolEntry resource = ResourcePoolEntry.create(sample, new byte[0]);
+        resourcesMgr.add(resource);
+        ResourcePoolManager resultMgr = new ResourcePoolManager();
+        try {
+            excludePlugin.transform(resourcesMgr.resourcePool(),
+                resultMgr.resourcePoolBuilder());
+            throw new AssertionError(sample + " exclusion should have resulted in exception");
+        } catch (PluginException pe) {
+            System.err.println("Got exception as expected: " + pe);
+            pe.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}