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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.
+ *
+ * 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).
+ *
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+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8181878
+ * @summary javadoc should support/ignore --add-opens
+ * @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api
+ * @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main
+ * @modules jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.api
+ * @modules jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.tool
+ * @library /tools/lib
+ * @build toolbox.JavacTask toolbox.JavadocTask toolbox.TestRunner toolbox.ToolBox
+ * @run main AddOpensTest
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import toolbox.JavadocTask;
+import toolbox.Task;
+import toolbox.TestRunner;
+import toolbox.ToolBox;
+
+public class AddOpensTest extends TestRunner {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        AddOpensTest t = new AddOpensTest();
+        t.runTests();
+    }
+
+    private final ToolBox tb = new ToolBox();
+    private final Path src = Paths.get("src");
+    private final Path api = Paths.get("api");
+
+    AddOpensTest() throws Exception {
+        super(System.err);
+        init();
+    }
+
+    void init() throws IOException {
+        tb.writeJavaFiles(src, "public class C { }");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEncoding() {
+        Task.Result result = new JavadocTask(tb, Task.Mode.EXEC)
+                .options("-d", api.toString(),
+                        "--add-opens", "some.module")
+                .files(src.resolve("C.java"))
+                .run(Task.Expect.SUCCESS)
+                .writeAll();
+    }
+}
+