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+
+package jdk.jfr.jmx;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.management.jfr.FlightRecorderMXBean;
+import jdk.management.jfr.RecordingInfo;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @key jfr
+ * @summary Verify Exception when setting invalid config.
+ * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.jmx.TestSetConfigurationInvalid
+ */
+public class TestSetConfigurationInvalid {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        FlightRecorderMXBean bean = JmxHelper.getFlighteRecorderMXBean();
+        long recId = bean.newRecording();
+
+        final String correctConfig =
+        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> \n" +
+        "<configuration version=\"2.0\" label=\"TestName\" description='TestDesc' provider='TestProvider'>\n" +
+        "  <event name=\"" + EventNames.ClassLoad + "\">\r" +
+        " \t <setting name=\"enabled\" control='class-loading-enabled'>false</setting>\r\n" +
+        "    <setting name=\"stackTrace\">true</setting>\t\r\n" +
+        "    <setting name=\"threshold\">5 ms</setting> \n" +
+        "  </event>  " +
+        "  <control>  " +
+        "    <flag name=\"class-loading-enabled\" label=\"Class Loading\">false</flag>\n" +
+        "  </control>" +
+        "</configuration>";
+
+        Map<String, String> expectedSetting = new HashMap<>();
+        expectedSetting.put(EventNames.ClassLoad + "#enabled", "false");
+        expectedSetting.put(EventNames.ClassLoad + "#stackTrace", "true");
+        expectedSetting.put(EventNames.ClassLoad + "#threshold", "5 ms");
+
+        // First set a few invalid configs. Should get Exceptions.
+        try {
+            bean.setConfiguration(recId, null);
+            Asserts.fail("Expected NullPointerException");
+        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+            // Expected exception
+        }
+
+        setInvalidConfig(recId, "Dummy text");
+        setInvalidConfig(recId, correctConfig.replace("/event", "event"));
+        setInvalidConfig(recId, correctConfig.replace("<control>", ""));
+
+        // Verify that we can set a correct setting after the failed attempts.
+        bean.setConfiguration(recId, correctConfig);
+        RecordingInfo jmxRecording = JmxHelper.getJmxRecording(recId);
+        Recording javaRecording = JmxHelper.getJavaRecording(recId);
+        JmxHelper.verifyEquals(jmxRecording, javaRecording);
+
+        Map<String, String> settings = jmxRecording.getSettings();
+        for (String name : expectedSetting.keySet()) {
+            String value = settings.remove(name);
+            Asserts.assertNotNull(value, "No setting with name " + name);
+            Asserts.assertEquals(value, expectedSetting.get(name), "Wrong setting value");
+        }
+        Asserts.assertTrue(settings.isEmpty(), "Extra settings found " + settings.keySet());
+    }
+
+    private static void setInvalidConfig(long recId, String config) {
+        try {
+            JmxHelper.getFlighteRecorderMXBean().setConfiguration(recId, config);
+            System.out.printf("Invalid config:%n%s", config);
+            Asserts.fail("No exception when setting invalid configuration");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            // Expected exception
+            // Simple check if error message is about parse error.
+            String msg = e.getMessage().toLowerCase();
+            Asserts.assertTrue(msg.contains("parse"), String.format("Missing 'parse' in msg '%s'", msg));
+        }
+    }
+
+}