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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ *
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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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8061611
+ * @summary Test that various alias options correctly set the target options.
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ */
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class GCAliasOptions8061611 {
+  
+  private static final String PRINT_FLAGS_FINAL_FORMAT = "%s\\s*:?=\\s*%s";
+
+  /**
+   * each entry is {[0]: alias name, [1]: alias target, [2]: value to set
+   * (+/-/n)}. n can be any valid value for the option.
+   */
+  public static final String[][] ALIAS_OPTIONS = {
+    {"CMSMarkStackSizeMax", "MarkStackSizeMax", "1032"},
+    {"CMSMarkStackSize", "MarkStackSize", "1032"},
+    {"G1MarkStackSize", "MarkStackSize", "1032"},
+    {"ParallelMarkingThreads", "ConcGCThreads", "77"},
+    {"ParallelCMSThreads", "ConcGCThreads", "77"}
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Turn the option and value into a legal -XX: command line argument.
+   * For example,"-XX:ParallelCMSThreads=77"
+   */
+  static String makeOptionArg(String option, String value) {
+    if (value.equals("+")) {
+      return "-XX:+" + option;
+    } else if (value.equals("-")) {
+      return "-XX:-" + option;
+    } else {
+      return "-XX:" + option + "=" + value;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Turn the optionInfo into pattern that might match "-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal" output. 
+   * For example, match "uintx ConcGCThreads     := 77     {product}"
+   */
+  static String makeOptionFinalValue(String option, String value) {
+    if (value.equals("+")) {
+      value = "true";
+    } else if (value.equals("-")) {
+      value = "false";
+    }
+    return String.format(PRINT_FLAGS_FINAL_FORMAT,
+            option, value);
+  }
+  
+  static void testAliases(String[][] optionInfo, boolean normalTest) throws Throwable {
+    ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
+    // construct args:
+    for (String[] alias: optionInfo) {
+      args.add(makeOptionArg(alias[0], alias[2]));
+    }
+    args.add("-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal");
+    args.add("-version");
+
+    // start vm:
+    String[] args_array = new String[args.size()];
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(args.toArray(args_array));
+
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+
+    // check option values:
+    output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+    for (String[] alias: optionInfo) {
+      String match = makeOptionFinalValue(alias[1], alias[2]);
+      if (normalTest) {
+        output.shouldMatch(match);
+      } else {
+        output.shouldNotMatch(match);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+    // test the test:
+    String[][] testTestAliases = {{"MarkStackSizeMax", "CMSMarkStackSizeMax", "1032"}};
+    testAliases(testTestAliases, false); // MarkStackSizeMax is NOT an alias for CMSMarkStackSizeMax.
+    
+    // run real test:
+    testAliases(ALIAS_OPTIONS, true);
+  }
+}