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+/*
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+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test 8187805
+ * @summary bogus RuntimeVisibleTypeAnnotations for unused local in a block
+ * @modules jdk.jdeps/com.sun.tools.classfile
+ *          jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util
+ * @run main BogusRTTAForUnusedVarTest
+ */
+
+import com.sun.tools.classfile.*;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+import com.sun.tools.classfile.Attribute;
+import com.sun.tools.classfile.RuntimeVisibleTypeAnnotations_attribute;
+import com.sun.tools.classfile.TypeAnnotation;
+import com.sun.tools.classfile.TypeAnnotation.Position;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Assert;
+
+public class BogusRTTAForUnusedVarTest {
+
+    class Foo {
+        void something() {
+            {
+                @MyAnno Object o = new Object();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Target(ElementType.TYPE_USE)
+    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+    @interface MyAnno {}
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+        new BogusRTTAForUnusedVarTest().run();
+    }
+
+    void run() throws Throwable {
+        checkRTTA();
+    }
+
+    void checkRTTA() throws Throwable {
+        File testClasses = new File(System.getProperty("test.classes"));
+        File file = new File(testClasses,
+                BogusRTTAForUnusedVarTest.class.getName() + "$Foo.class");
+        ClassFile classFile = ClassFile.read(file);
+        for (Method m : classFile.methods) {
+            if (m.getName(classFile.constant_pool).equals("something")) {
+                for (Attribute a : m.attributes) {
+                    if (a.getName(classFile.constant_pool).equals("Code")) {
+                        Code_attribute code = (Code_attribute)a;
+                        for (Attribute codeAttrs : code.attributes) {
+                            if (codeAttrs.getName(classFile.constant_pool).equals("RuntimeVisibleTypeAnnotations")) {
+                                throw new AssertionError("no RuntimeVisibleTypeAnnotations attribute should have been generated in this case");
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}