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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.security.logging;
+
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+public final class LogJvm {
+    private final static String LOGGING_ENABLED= "LOGGING_ENABLED";
+    private final static String LOGGING_DISABLED= "LOGGING_DISABLED";
+
+    private final static boolean debug = false;
+
+    private final List<String> expectedLogMessages = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final Class<?> clazz;
+    private final boolean loggingEnabled;
+
+    public LogJvm(Class<?> clazz, String[] args) {
+        this.clazz = clazz;
+        this.loggingEnabled = Arrays.asList(args).contains(LOGGING_ENABLED);
+        ensureLogging(args);
+    }
+
+    private void ensureLogging(String[] args) {
+        for(String s : args) {
+            if (s.equals(LOGGING_ENABLED) || s.equals(LOGGING_DISABLED)) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        throw new RuntimeException(LogJvm.class.getName() +
+            " requires command line parameter " + LOGGING_ENABLED +
+            " or " + LOGGING_DISABLED);
+    }
+
+    public void addExpected(String logMsg) {
+        expectedLogMessages.add(logMsg);
+    }
+
+    public void testExpected() throws Exception {
+        OutputAnalyzer out = launchJVM();
+        if (debug) {
+            System.out.println("STDOUT DEBUG:\n " + out.getStdout());
+            System.out.println("\nSTDERR DEBUG:\n " + out.getStderr());
+        }
+        if (loggingEnabled) {
+            testLoggingEnabled(out);
+        } else {
+            testLoggingDisabled(out);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public OutputAnalyzer launchJVM() throws Exception {
+        List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (loggingEnabled) {
+            args.add("-Djava.util.logging.config.file=" +
+                Paths.get(System.getProperty("test.src", "."), "logging.properties"));
+        }
+        args.add("--add-exports");
+        args.add("java.base/jdk.internal.event=ALL-UNNAMED");
+        args.add(clazz.getName());
+        System.out.println(args);
+        OutputAnalyzer out = ProcessTools.executeTestJava(args.toArray(new String[0]));
+        out.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    private void testLoggingDisabled(OutputAnalyzer out) {
+        for (String expected : expectedLogMessages) {
+            out.shouldNotContain(expected);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void testLoggingEnabled(OutputAnalyzer out) {
+        for (String expected : expectedLogMessages) {
+            out.shouldContain(expected);
+        }
+    }
+}