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  23 
  24 /*
  25  * @test KeepAliveSoftReference
  26  * @summary This test case uses a java.lang.ref.SoftReference referencing a class instance to keep a class alive.
  27  * @library /testlibrary /../../test/lib /runtime/testlibrary
  28  * @library classes
  29  * @build KeepAliveSoftReference test.Empty
  30  * @build ClassUnloadCommon
  31  * @run main ClassFileInstaller jdk.testlib.WhiteBox
  32  *                              jdk.testlib.WhiteBox$WhiteBoxPermission
  33  * @run main/othervm -Xbootclasspath/a:. -Xmn8m -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+WhiteBoxAPI KeepAliveSoftReference
  34  */
  35 
  36 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
  37 import jdk.testlib.WhiteBox;
  38 
  39 /**
  40  * Test that verifies that classes are not unloaded when specific types of references are kept to them.
  41  */
  42 public class KeepAliveSoftReference {
  43   private static final String className = "test.Empty";
  44   private static final WhiteBox wb = WhiteBox.getWhiteBox();
  45 
  46   public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
  47     ClassLoader cl = ClassUnloadCommon.newClassLoader();
  48     Class<?> c = cl.loadClass(className);
  49     Object o = c.newInstance();
  50     SoftReference<Object> sr = new SoftReference(o);
  51     o = null; c = null; cl = null;
  52 
  53     {
  54         boolean isAlive = wb.isClassAlive(className);
  55         System.out.println("testSoftReference (1) alive: " + isAlive);
  56         boolean cleared = (sr.get() == null);
  57         boolean shouldBeAlive = !cleared;
  58         ClassUnloadCommon.failIf(isAlive != shouldBeAlive, "" + isAlive + " != " + shouldBeAlive);
  59     }
  60 
  61     ClassUnloadCommon.triggerUnloading();
  62 
  63     {
  64         boolean isAlive = wb.isClassAlive(className);
  65         System.out.println("testSoftReference (2) alive: " + isAlive);
  66         boolean cleared = (sr.get() == null);
  67         boolean shouldBeAlive = !cleared;
  68         ClassUnloadCommon.failIf(isAlive != shouldBeAlive, "" + isAlive + " != " + shouldBeAlive);
  69     }
  70     sr.clear();
  71     ClassUnloadCommon.triggerUnloading();
  72 
  73     {
  74         boolean isAlive = wb.isClassAlive(className);
  75         System.out.println("testSoftReference (3) alive: " + isAlive);
  76         boolean cleared = (sr.get() == null);
  77         boolean shouldBeAlive = !cleared;
  78         ClassUnloadCommon.failIf(isAlive != shouldBeAlive, "" + isAlive + " != " + shouldBeAlive);
  79     }
  80   }
  81 }