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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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+ * 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
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+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+import static jdk.test.lib.Asserts.assertFalse;
+import static jdk.test.lib.Asserts.assertTrue;
+import static jdk.test.lib.Asserts.fail;
+
+/**
+ * This class is intended to be a base class for classes which are about to test
+ * command line interface of jimage.
+ */
+public class JImageCliTest {
+
+    private String bootImagePath;
+
+    public JImageCliTest() {
+        Path imagePath = Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.home"), "lib", "modules");
+        if (Files.exists(imagePath)) {
+            this.bootImagePath = imagePath.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void assertMatches(String regex, String output) {
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
+        if (!pattern.matcher(output).find()) {
+            fail(String.format("Expected to find a string match for [%s] in output \n[\n%s\n]\n.",
+                    pattern, output));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a path to a tested image to share it across tests. By default it returns a path to the boot image
+     * of tested JDK. This behavior can be redefined by descendants.
+     */
+    public String getImagePath() {
+        return bootImagePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs jimage task with the supplied arguments.
+     */
+    protected static JImageResult jimage(String... args) {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(baos);
+        System.out.println("jimage " + Arrays.asList(args));
+        int exitCode = jdk.tools.jimage.Main.run(args, new PrintWriter(ps));
+        return new JImageResult(exitCode, new String(baos.toByteArray(), UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    protected static class JImageResult {
+        final int exitCode;
+        final String output;
+
+        JImageResult(int exitCode, String output) {
+            this.exitCode = exitCode;
+            this.output = output;
+        }
+
+        JImageResult assertSuccess() { assertTrue(exitCode == 0, output); return this; }
+        JImageResult assertFailure() { assertFalse(exitCode == 0, output); return this; }
+
+        // a helper to ensure the error output doesn't exhibit implementation details
+        JImageResult assertShowsError() {
+            assertTrue(output.contains("Error"),
+                    String.format("Output contains error, output=[%s]\n", output));
+            assertFalse(output.contains("Exception"),
+                    String.format("Output doesn't contain a stacktrace, output=[%s]\n", output));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        JImageResult resultChecker(Consumer<JImageResult> r) { r.accept(this); return this; }
+    }
+
+    protected final void runTests() throws Throwable {
+        if (getImagePath() != null) {
+            for (Method m : getClass().getDeclaredMethods()) {
+                if (m.getName().startsWith("test")) {
+                    System.out.printf("Invoking %s\n", m.getName());
+                    m.invoke(this);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("This is not an image build. Skipping.");
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+