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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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.
+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test CdsDifferentObjectAlignment
+ * @summary Testing CDS (class data sharing) using varying object alignment.
+ *          Using different object alignment for each dump/load pair.
+ *          This is a negative test; using  object alignment for loading that
+ *          is different from object alignment for creating a CDS file
+ *          should fail when loading.
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class CdsDifferentObjectAlignment {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        String nativeWordSize = System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model");
+        if (!Platform.is64bit()) {
+            System.out.println("ObjectAlignmentInBytes for CDS is only " +
+                "supported on 64bit platforms; this plaform is " +
+                nativeWordSize);
+            System.out.println("Skipping the test");
+        } else {
+            createAndLoadSharedArchive(16, 64);
+            createAndLoadSharedArchive(64, 32);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // Parameters are object alignment expressed in bytes
+    private static void
+    createAndLoadSharedArchive(int createAlignment, int loadAlignment)
+    throws Exception {
+        String createAlignmentArgument = "-XX:ObjectAlignmentInBytes=" +
+            createAlignment;
+        String loadAlignmentArgument = "-XX:ObjectAlignmentInBytes=" +
+            loadAlignment;
+
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+            "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+            "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa",
+            "-Xshare:dump",
+            createAlignmentArgument);
+
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldContain("Loading classes to share");
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+        pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+            "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+            "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa",
+            "-Xshare:on",
+            loadAlignmentArgument,
+            "-version");
+
+        output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        String expectedErrorMsg =
+            String.format(
+            "The shared archive file's ObjectAlignmentInBytes of %d " +
+            "does not equal the current ObjectAlignmentInBytes of %d",
+            createAlignment,
+            loadAlignment);
+
+        output.shouldContain(expectedErrorMsg);
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+    }
+}