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+/*
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+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test TestHeapDumpPath
+ * @summary Test verifies that -XX:HeapDumpPath= supports directory as a parameter.
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run driver TestHeapDumpPath
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.hprof.HprofParser;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class TestHeapDumpPath {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (args.length == 1) {
+            try {
+                Object[] oa = new Object[Integer.MAX_VALUE];
+                throw new Error("OOME not triggered");
+            } catch (OutOfMemoryError err) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        testHeapDumpPath();
+    }
+    static void testHeapDumpPath() throws Exception {
+        String heapdumpPath = "dumps";
+        File dumpDirectory = new File(heapdumpPath);
+        dumpDirectory.mkdir();
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError",
+                "-Xmx64m", "-XX:HeapDumpPath=" + heapdumpPath, TestHeapDumpPath.class.getName(), "OOME");
+
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.stdoutShouldNotBeEmpty();
+        output.shouldContain("Dumping heap");
+
+        Asserts.assertFalse(dumpDirectory.listFiles().length == 0,
+                "There is no dump files found in " + dumpDirectory );
+
+        Asserts.assertTrue(dumpDirectory.listFiles().length == 1,
+                "There are unexpected files in " + dumpDirectory
+                        + ": " + String.join(",", dumpDirectory.list()) +".");
+
+        File dump = dumpDirectory.listFiles()[0];
+        Asserts.assertTrue(dump.exists() && dump.isFile(),
+                "Could not find dump file " + dump.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        HprofParser.parse(dump);
+        System.out.println("PASSED");
+    }
+
+}