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+++ new/test/runtime/classFileParserBug/ClassFileParserBug.java	2014-04-16 13:18:57.205007000 -0400
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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.
+ *
+ * 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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+ * 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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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8040018
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @summary Check for exception instead of assert.
+ * @run main ClassFileParserBug
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class ClassFileParserBug {
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+
+        System.out.println("Regression test for bug 8040018");
+        String testsrc = System.getProperty("test.src") + "/";
+	ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+            "-jar", testsrc + File.separator + "test.jar");
+	OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+	output.shouldContain("java.lang.ClassFormatError: Bad length on BootstrapMethods");
+	output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+    }
+}