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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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).
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package nsk.share.gc;
+
+import jdk.test.lib.JDKToolLauncher;
+import jdk.test.lib.Utils;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+/**
+ * Uses {@link nsk.share.gc.Generator} to genearate {@code nsk.share.gc.newclass}
+ * classes and compile them to 'classes' directory.
+ */
+public class GenClassesBuilder {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Path srcDst = Paths.get(
+                "genSrc",
+                "nsk",
+                "share",
+                "gc",
+                "newclass").toAbsolutePath();
+        Path classesDir = Paths.get("classes").toAbsolutePath();
+        generateSource(srcDst);
+        compileSource(srcDst, classesDir);
+    }
+
+    private static void compileSource(Path srcDst, Path classesDir) {
+        JDKToolLauncher javac = JDKToolLauncher.create("javac")
+                                               .addToolArg("-d")
+                                               .addToolArg(classesDir.toString())
+                                               .addToolArg("-cp")
+                                               .addToolArg(Utils.TEST_CLASS_PATH);
+        try (Stream<Path> stream = Files.walk(srcDst)) {
+            stream.map(Path::toAbsolutePath)
+                  .map(Path::toString)
+                  .filter(s -> s.endsWith(".java"))
+                  .forEach(javac::addToolArg);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new Error("traverse source dir " + srcDst, e);
+        }
+        String[] command = javac.getCommand();
+        try {
+            ProcessTools.executeCommand(command)
+                        .shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+        } catch (Error | RuntimeException e) {
+            throw e;
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw new Error("execution of javac(" + Arrays.toString(command) + ") failed", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void generateSource(Path dir) {
+        try {
+            Files.createDirectories(dir);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new Error("can't create dirs for" + dir, e);
+        }
+        try {
+            Generator.main(new String[]{dir.toString()});
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Error("can't generate classes", e);
+        }
+    }
+}