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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.recording.state;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.RecordingState;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.CommonHelper;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.VoidFunction;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test Recording state
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.recording.state.TestStateDuration
+ */
+public class TestStateDuration {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        Duration duration = Duration.ofSeconds(2);
+        Recording r = new Recording();
+        r.setDuration(duration);
+        CommonHelper.verifyRecordingState(r, RecordingState.NEW);
+        Instant start = Instant.now();
+        System.out.println("Recording with duration " + duration + " started at " + start);
+        r.start();
+
+        // Wait for recording to stop automatically
+        System.out.println("Waiting for recording to reach STOPPED state");
+        CommonHelper.waitForRecordingState(r, RecordingState.STOPPED);
+        Instant stop = Instant.now();
+        Duration measuredDuration = Duration.between(start, stop);
+        System.out.println("Recording stopped at " + stop + ". Measured duration " + measuredDuration);
+        // Timer task uses System.currentMillis, and java.time uses other source.
+        Duration deltaDueToClockNotInSync = Duration.ofMillis(100);
+        Asserts.assertGreaterThan(measuredDuration.plus(deltaDueToClockNotInSync), duration);
+        verifyIllegalState(() -> r.start(), "start() after stop()");
+        r.close();
+        CommonHelper.verifyRecordingState(r, RecordingState.CLOSED);
+    }
+
+    private static void verifyIllegalState(VoidFunction f, String msg) throws Throwable {
+        CommonHelper.verifyException(f, msg, IllegalStateException.class);
+    }
+}