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+/*
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.OutputAnalyzer;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.cli.CommandLineOptionTest;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8066821
+ * @summary Test that various options are deprecated. See deprecated_jvm_flags in arguments.cpp.
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ */
+public class VMDeprecatedOptions {
+
+    /**
+     * each entry is {[0]: option name, [1]: value to set
+     * (true/false/n/string)}.
+     */
+    public static final String[][] DEPRECATED_OPTIONS = {
+        // deprecated non-alias flags:
+        {"MaxGCMinorPauseMillis", "1032"},
+        {"UseParNewGC", "false"},
+        
+        // deprecated alias flags (see also aliased_jvm_flags):
+        {"DefaultMaxRAMFraction", "4"},
+        {"CMSMarkStackSizeMax", "1032"},
+        {"CMSMarkStackSize", "1032"},
+        {"G1MarkStackSize", "1032"},
+        {"ParallelMarkingThreads", "77"},
+        {"ParallelCMSThreads", "77"}
+    };
+    
+    static String getDeprecationString(String optionName) {
+        return "option " + optionName 
+            + " was deprecated in version [\\S]+ and will likely be removed in a future release";
+    }
+
+    static void testDeprecated(String[][] optionInfo) throws Throwable {
+        String optionNames[] = new String[optionInfo.length];
+        String expectedValues[] = new String[optionInfo.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < optionInfo.length; i++) {
+            optionNames[i] = optionInfo[i][0];
+            expectedValues[i] = optionInfo[i][1];
+        }
+
+        OutputAnalyzer output = CommandLineOptionTest.startVMWithOptions(optionNames, expectedValues);
+
+        // check for option deprecation messages:
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+        for (String[] deprecated : optionInfo) {
+            String match = getDeprecationString(deprecated[0]);
+            output.shouldMatch(match);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        testDeprecated(DEPRECATED_OPTIONS);  // Make sure that each deprecated option is mentioned in the output.
+    }
+}