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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.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test SettingDescriptor.getTypeName();
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.metadata.settingdescriptor.TestGetTypeName
+ */
+public class TestGetTypeName {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        EventType type = EventType.getEventType(CustomEvent.class);
+
+        SettingDescriptor plain = Events.getSetting(type, "plain");
+        Asserts.assertEquals(plain.getTypeName(), PlainSetting.class.getName());
+
+        SettingDescriptor annotatedType = Events.getSetting(type, "annotatedType");
+        Asserts.assertEquals(annotatedType.getTypeName(), AnnotatedSetting.NAME);
+
+        SettingDescriptor newName = Events.getSetting(type, "newName");
+        Asserts.assertEquals(newName.getTypeName(), AnnotatedSetting.NAME);
+
+        SettingDescriptor overridden = Events.getSetting(type, "overridden");
+        Asserts.assertEquals(overridden.getTypeName(), PlainSetting.class.getName());
+
+        SettingDescriptor protectedBase = Events.getSetting(type, "protectedBase");
+        Asserts.assertEquals(protectedBase.getTypeName(), PlainSetting.class.getName());
+
+        SettingDescriptor publicBase = Events.getSetting(type, "publicBase");
+        Asserts.assertEquals(publicBase.getTypeName(), AnnotatedSetting.NAME);
+
+        SettingDescriptor packageProtectedBase = Events.getSetting(type, "packageProtectedBase");
+        Asserts.assertEquals(packageProtectedBase.getTypeName(), PlainSetting.class.getName());
+
+        CustomEvent.assertOnDisk((x, y) -> x.getTypeName().compareTo(y.getTypeName()));
+    }
+}