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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2019, 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.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class JavaOptionsBase {
+
+    private static final String app = JPackagePath.getApp();
+    private static final String appOutput = JPackagePath.getAppOutputFile();
+
+    private static final String ARGUMENT1 = "-Dparam1=Some Param 1";
+    private static final String ARGUMENT2 = "-Dparam2=Some \"Param\" 2";
+    private static final String ARGUMENT3 =
+            "-Dparam3=Some \"Param\" with \" 3";
+
+    private static final List<String> arguments = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private static void initArguments(boolean toolProvider, String [] cmd) {
+        if (arguments.isEmpty()) {
+            arguments.add(ARGUMENT1);
+            arguments.add(ARGUMENT2);
+            arguments.add(ARGUMENT3);
+        }
+
+        String argumentsMap = JPackageHelper.listToArgumentsMap(arguments,
+                toolProvider);
+        cmd[cmd.length - 1] = argumentsMap;
+    }
+
+    private static void initArguments2(boolean toolProvider, String [] cmd) {
+        int index = cmd.length - 6;
+
+        cmd[index++] = "--java-options";
+        arguments.clear();
+        arguments.add(ARGUMENT1);
+        cmd[index++] = JPackageHelper.listToArgumentsMap(arguments,
+                toolProvider);
+
+        cmd[index++] = "--java-options";
+        arguments.clear();
+        arguments.add(ARGUMENT2);
+        cmd[index++] = JPackageHelper.listToArgumentsMap(arguments,
+                toolProvider);
+
+        cmd[index++] = "--java-options";
+        arguments.clear();
+        arguments.add(ARGUMENT3);
+        cmd[index++] = JPackageHelper.listToArgumentsMap(arguments,
+                toolProvider);
+
+        arguments.clear();
+        arguments.add(ARGUMENT1);
+        arguments.add(ARGUMENT2);
+        arguments.add(ARGUMENT3);
+    }
+
+    private static void validateResult(String[] result, List<String> args)
+            throws Exception {
+        if (result.length != (args.size() + 2)) {
+            for (String r : result) {
+                System.err.println(r.trim());
+            }
+            throw new AssertionError("Unexpected number of lines: "
+                    + result.length);
+        }
+
+        if (!result[0].trim().equals("jpackage test application")) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Unexpected result[0]: " + result[0]);
+        }
+
+        if (!result[1].trim().equals("args.length: 0")) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Unexpected result[1]: " + result[1]);
+        }
+
+        int index = 2;
+        for (String arg : args) {
+            if (!result[index].trim().equals(arg)) {
+                throw new AssertionError("Unexpected result[" + index + "]: "
+                    + result[index]);
+            }
+            index++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void validate(List<String> expectedArgs) throws Exception {
+        int retVal = JPackageHelper.execute(null, app);
+        if (retVal != 0) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Test application exited with error: "
+                    + retVal);
+        }
+
+        File outfile = new File(appOutput);
+        if (!outfile.exists()) {
+            throw new AssertionError(appOutput + " was not created");
+        }
+
+        String output = Files.readString(outfile.toPath());
+        String[] result = JPackageHelper.splitAndFilter(output);
+        validateResult(result, expectedArgs);
+    }
+
+    public static void testCreateAppImageJavaOptions(String [] cmd) throws Exception {
+        initArguments(false, cmd);
+        JPackageHelper.executeCLI(true, cmd);
+        validate(arguments);
+    }
+
+    public static void testCreateAppImageJavaOptionsToolProvider(String [] cmd) throws Exception {
+        initArguments(true, cmd);
+        JPackageHelper.executeToolProvider(true, cmd);
+        validate(arguments);
+    }
+
+    public static void testCreateAppImageJavaOptions2(String [] cmd) throws Exception {
+        initArguments2(false, cmd);
+        JPackageHelper.executeCLI(true, cmd);
+        validate(arguments);
+    }
+
+    public static void testCreateAppImageJavaOptions2ToolProvider(String [] cmd) throws Exception {
+        initArguments2(true, cmd);
+        JPackageHelper.executeToolProvider(true, cmd);
+        validate(arguments);
+    }
+}