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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * 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).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.spi.ToolProvider;
+
+import tests.Helper;
+import tests.JImageGenerator;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8168925
+ * @summary MODULES property should be topologically ordered and space-separated list
+ * @library ../lib
+ * @build tests.*
+ * @run main ModuleNamesOrderTest
+ */
+public class ModuleNamesOrderTest {
+    static final ToolProvider JLINK_TOOL = ToolProvider.findFirst("jlink")
+        .orElseThrow(() ->
+            new RuntimeException("jlink tool not found")
+        );
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Helper helper = Helper.newHelper();
+        if (helper == null) {
+            System.err.println("Test not run");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String moduleName = "bug8168925";
+        Path outputDir = helper.createNewImageDir(moduleName);
+        JImageGenerator.getJLinkTask()
+                .modulePath(helper.defaultModulePath())
+                .output(outputDir)
+                .addMods("jdk.scripting.nashorn")
+                .call().assertSuccess();
+
+        File release = new File(outputDir.toString(), "release");
+        if (!release.exists()) {
+            throw new AssertionError("release not generated");
+        }
+
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        try (FileReader reader = new FileReader(release)) {
+            props.load(reader);
+        }
+
+        String modules = props.getProperty("MODULES");
+        if (!modules.startsWith("\"java.base ")) {
+            throw new AssertionError("MODULES should start with 'java.base'");
+        }
+
+        if (!modules.endsWith(" jdk.scripting.nashorn\"")) {
+            throw new AssertionError("MODULES end with 'jdk.scripting.nashorn'");
+        }
+
+        checkDependency(modules, "java.logging", "java.base");
+        checkDependency(modules, "jdk.dynalink", "java.logging");
+        checkDependency(modules, "java.scripting", "java.base");
+        checkDependency(modules, "jdk.scripting.nashorn", "java.logging");
+        checkDependency(modules, "jdk.scripting.nashorn", "jdk.dynalink");
+        checkDependency(modules, "jdk.scripting.nashorn", "java.scripting");
+    }
+
+    private static void checkDependency(String modules, String fromMod, String toMod) {
+        int fromModIdx = modules.indexOf(fromMod);
+        if (fromModIdx == -1) {
+            throw new AssertionError(fromMod + " is missing in MODULES");
+        }
+        int toModIdx = modules.indexOf(toMod);
+        if (toModIdx == -1) {
+            throw new AssertionError(toMod + " is missing in MODULES");
+        }
+
+        if (toModIdx > fromModIdx) {
+            throw new AssertionError("in MODULES, " + fromMod + " should appear after " + toMod);
+        }
+    }
+}