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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).
+ *
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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
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+ /*
+ * @test
+ * @summary jpackager create image missing arguments test
+ * @build JPackagerHelper
+ * @modules jdk.jpackager
+ * @run main/othervm -Xmx512m JPackagerCreateImageMissingArgumentsTest
+ */
+
+public class JPackagerCreateImageMissingArgumentsTest {
+    private static final String [] RESULT_1 = {"--output" };
+    private static final String [] CMD_1 = {
+        "create-image",
+        "--input", "input",
+        "--name", "test",
+        "--main-jar", "hello.jar",
+        "--class", "Hello",
+        "--force",
+        "--files", "hello.jar"};
+
+    private static final String [] RESULT_2 = {"--input"};
+    private static final String [] CMD_2 = {
+        "create-image",
+        "--output", "output",
+        "--name", "test",
+        "--main-jar", "hello.jar",
+        "--class", "Hello",
+        "--force",
+        "--files", "hello.jar"};
+
+    private static final String [] RESULT_3 = {"--input", "--app-image"};
+    private static final String [] CMD_3 = {
+        "create-installer",
+        "--output", "output",
+        "--name", "test",
+        "--main-jar", "hello.jar",
+        "--class", "Hello",
+        "--force",
+        "--files", "hello.jar"};
+
+    private static void validate(String output, String [] expected)
+           throws Exception {
+        String[] result = output.split("\n");
+        if (result.length != 1) {
+            System.err.println(output);
+            throw new AssertionError("Invalid number of lines in output: "
+                    + result.length);
+        }
+
+        for (String s : expected) {
+            if (!result[0].contains(s)) {
+                System.err.println("Expected to contain: " + s);
+                System.err.println("Actual: " + result[0]);
+                throw new AssertionError("Unexpected error message");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testMissingArg() throws Exception {
+        String output = JPackagerHelper.executeCLI(false, CMD_1);
+        validate(output, RESULT_1);
+
+        output = JPackagerHelper.executeCLI(false, CMD_2);
+        validate(output, RESULT_2);
+
+        output = JPackagerHelper.executeCLI(false, CMD_3);
+        validate(output, RESULT_3);
+    }
+
+    private static void testMissingArgToolProvider() throws Exception {
+        String output = JPackagerHelper.executeToolProvider(false, CMD_1);
+        validate(output, RESULT_1);
+
+        output = JPackagerHelper.executeToolProvider(false, CMD_2);
+        validate(output, RESULT_2);
+
+        output = JPackagerHelper.executeToolProvider(false, CMD_3);
+        validate(output, RESULT_3);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        JPackagerHelper.createHelloJar();
+        testMissingArg();
+        testMissingArgToolProvider();
+    }
+
+}