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+/*
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8239384
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @build jdk.test.lib.Utils
+ *        jdk.test.lib.compiler.CompilerUtils
+ * @run testng/othervm InheritedProtectedMethod
+ * @summary Test method reference to a method inherited from its
+ *          superclass in a different package.  Such method's modifier
+ *          is changed from public to protected.
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.compiler.CompilerUtils;
+import jdk.test.lib.Utils;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.*;
+
+public class InheritedProtectedMethod {
+    private static final Path SRC_DIR = Paths.get(Utils.TEST_SRC, "src");
+    private static final Path CLASSES_DIR = Paths.get("classes");
+
+    @BeforeTest
+    static void setup() throws IOException {
+        assertTrue(CompilerUtils.compile(SRC_DIR, CLASSES_DIR));
+
+        // compile the modified version of MethodSupplierOuter.java
+        Path file = Paths.get(Utils.TEST_SRC, "modified", "MethodSupplierOuter.java");
+        assertTrue(CompilerUtils.compile(file, CLASSES_DIR));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public static void run() throws Exception {
+        URLClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader("loader", new URL[]{ CLASSES_DIR.toUri().toURL()},
+                ClassLoader.getPlatformClassLoader());
+        Class<?> methodInvokeClass = Class.forName("MethodInvoker", false, loader);
+        Method invokeMethod = methodInvokeClass.getMethod("invoke");
+
+        String result = (String)invokeMethod.invoke(null);
+        assertEquals(result, "protected inherited method");
+    }
+}