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+++ new/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/metadata/annotations/TestStackTrace.java	2018-04-09 16:53:18.136192996 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
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+ * 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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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.metadata.annotations;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.EventType;
+import jdk.jfr.StackTrace;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.metadata.annotations.TestStackTrace
+ */
+public class TestStackTrace {
+
+    @StackTrace(true)
+    static class StackTraceOnEvent extends Event {
+    }
+
+    @StackTrace(false)
+    static class StackTraceOffEvent extends Event {
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        EventType onEvent = EventType.getEventType(StackTraceOnEvent.class);
+        EventType offEvent = EventType.getEventType(StackTraceOffEvent.class);
+
+        String defaultValue = Events.getSetting(onEvent, StackTrace.NAME).getDefaultValue();
+        Asserts.assertEquals(defaultValue, "true", "@StackTrace(true) should reault in 'true'");
+
+        defaultValue = Events.getSetting(offEvent, StackTrace.NAME).getDefaultValue();
+        Asserts.assertEquals(defaultValue, "false", "@StackTrace(false) should reault in 'false'");
+    }
+}