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+++ new/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/metadata/settingdescriptor/TestGetName.java	2018-04-09 17:01:04.788660596 +0200
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+/*
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+ */
+package jdk.jfr.api.metadata.settingdescriptor;
+
+import jdk.jfr.EventType;
+import jdk.jfr.SettingDescriptor;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test SettingDescriptor.getName()
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.metadata.settingdescriptor.TestGetName
+ */
+public class TestGetName {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        EventType type = EventType.getEventType(CustomEvent.class);
+
+        // subclass
+        Events.getSetting(type, "plain");
+        Events.getSetting(type, "annotatedType");
+        Events.getSetting(type, "newName");
+        Events.getSetting(type, "overridden");
+        // base class
+        Events.getSetting(type, "overridden");
+        Events.getSetting(type, "protectedBase");
+        Events.getSetting(type, "publicBase");
+        Events.getSetting(type, "packageProtectedBase");
+
+        int defaultNumberOfSettings = 3; // Enabled , Stack Trace, Threshold
+        if (type.getSettingDescriptors().size() != 8 + defaultNumberOfSettings) {
+            for (SettingDescriptor s : type.getSettingDescriptors()) {
+                System.out.println(s.getName());
+            }
+            throw new Exception("Wrong number of settings");
+        }
+
+        CustomEvent.assertOnDisk((x, y) -> x.getName().compareTo(y.getName()));
+    }
+}