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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package java.lang.invoke;
+
+import sun.invoke.util.Wrapper;
+
+/* @test
+ * @summary unit tests for MethodHandles.explicitCastArguments()
+ *
+ * @run main/bootclasspath java.lang.invoke.ExplicitCastArgumentsTest
+ */
+public class ExplicitCastArgumentsTest {
+    private static final boolean VERBOSE = Boolean.getBoolean("verbose");
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        for (Wrapper from : Wrapper.values()) {
+            for (Wrapper to : Wrapper.values()) {
+                if (from == Wrapper.VOID || to == Wrapper.VOID) continue;
+                testRef2Prim (from, to);
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("TEST PASSED");
+    }
+
+    public static void testRef2Prim(Wrapper from, Wrapper to) throws Throwable {
+        // MHs.eCA javadoc:
+        //    If T0 is a reference and T1 a primitive, and if the reference is null at runtime, a zero value is introduced.
+        test(from.wrapperType(), to.primitiveType(),        null, false);
+    }
+
+    public static void test(Class<?> from, Class<?> to, Object param, boolean failureExpected) throws Throwable {
+        if (VERBOSE) System.out.printf("%-10s => %-10s: %5s: ", from.getSimpleName(), to.getSimpleName(), param);
+
+        MethodHandle original = MethodHandles.identity(from);
+        MethodType newType = original.type().changeReturnType(to);
+
+        try {
+            MethodHandle target = MethodHandles.explicitCastArguments(original, newType);
+            Object result = target.invokeWithArguments(param);
+
+            if (VERBOSE) {
+                String resultStr;
+                if (result != null) {
+                    resultStr = String.format("%10s (%10s)", "'"+result+"'", result.getClass().getSimpleName());
+                } else {
+                    resultStr = String.format("%10s", result);
+                }
+                System.out.println(resultStr);
+            }
+
+            if (failureExpected) {
+                String msg = String.format("No exception thrown: %s => %s; parameter: %s", from, to, param);
+                throw new AssertionError(msg);
+            }
+        } catch (AssertionError e) {
+            throw e; // report test failure
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            if (VERBOSE) System.out.printf("%s: %s\n", e.getClass(), e.getMessage());
+            if (!failureExpected) {
+                String msg = String.format("Unexpected exception was thrown: %s => %s; parameter: %s", from, to, param);
+                throw new AssertionError(msg, e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}