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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).
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4165973
+ * @summary Attempt to read inaccessible property can produce
+ *          exception of the wrong type.
+ * @author Tom Rodriguez
+ *
+ * @modules java.rmi
+ */
+
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
+
+public class ExceptionInInit {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        Test test = null;
+
+        try {
+            System.setSecurityManager(new java.rmi.RMISecurityManager());
+            Test.showTest();
+        } catch (ExceptionInInitializerError e) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class FooBar {
+        static String test = "test";
+        FooBar(String test) {
+            this.test = test;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Test extends FooBar {
+
+        /*
+         * An AccessControlException is thrown in the static initializer of the
+         * class FooBar. This exception should produce an ExceptionInInitializer
+         * error. Instead it causes a more cryptic ClassNotFound error.
+         *
+         * The following is an excerpt from the output from java.security.debug=all
+         *
+         * access: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission test.src read)
+         * java.lang.Exception: Stack trace
+         *         at java.lang.Thread.dumpStack(Thread.java:938)
+         *         at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:184)
+         *         at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:402)
+         *         at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:516)
+         *         at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(SecurityManager.java:1035)
+         *         at java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:441)
+         *         at sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction.run(GetPropertyAction.java:73)
+         *         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
+         *         at ExceptionInInit$Test.&#60clinit>(ExceptionInInit.java:33)
+         *         at ExceptionInInit.main(ExceptionInInit.java:18)
+         * access: domain that failed ProtectionDomain (file:/tmp/exceptionInInit/<no certificates>)
+         *
+         * The following exception is occurring when this test program tries
+         * to access the test.src property.
+         */
+        private static String test =
+            AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<String>)() -> System.getProperty("test.src", "."));
+
+        Test(String test) {
+            super(test);
+        }
+        public static void showTest() {
+            System.err.println(test);
+        }
+    }
+}