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+/*
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+
+package java.lang;
+
+/**
+ * A collection of assertion status directives (such as "enable assertions
+ * in package p" or "disable assertions in class c").  This class is used by
+ * the JVM to communicate the assertion status directives implied by
+ * the {@code java} command line flags {@code -enableassertions}
+ * ({@code -ea}) and {@code -disableassertions} ({@code -da}).
+ *
+ * @since  1.4
+ * @author Josh Bloch
+ */
+class AssertionStatusDirectives {
+    /**
+     * The classes for which assertions are to be enabled or disabled.
+     * The strings in this array are fully qualified class names (for
+     * example,"com.xyz.foo.Bar").
+     */
+    String[] classes;
+
+    /**
+     * A parallel array to {@code classes}, indicating whether each class
+     * is to have assertions enabled or disabled.  A value of {@code true}
+     * for {@code classEnabled[i]} indicates that the class named by
+     * {@code classes[i]} should have assertions enabled; a value of
+     * {@code false} indicates that it should have classes disabled.
+     * This array must have the same number of elements as {@code classes}.
+     *
+     * <p>In the case of conflicting directives for the same class, the
+     * last directive for a given class wins.  In other words, if a string
+     * {@code s} appears multiple times in the {@code classes} array
+     * and {@code i} is the highest integer for which
+     * {@code classes[i].equals(s)}, then {@code classEnabled[i]}
+     * indicates whether assertions are to be enabled in class {@code s}.
+     */
+    boolean[] classEnabled;
+
+    /**
+     * The package-trees for which assertions are to be enabled or disabled.
+     * The strings in this array are compete or partial package names
+     * (for example, "com.xyz" or "com.xyz.foo").
+     */
+    String[] packages;
+
+    /**
+     * A parallel array to {@code packages}, indicating whether each
+     * package-tree is to have assertions enabled or disabled.  A value of
+     * {@code true} for {@code packageEnabled[i]} indicates that the
+     * package-tree named by {@code packages[i]} should have assertions
+     * enabled; a value of {@code false} indicates that it should have
+     * assertions disabled.  This array must have the same number of
+     * elements as {@code packages}.
+     *
+     * In the case of conflicting directives for the same package-tree, the
+     * last directive for a given package-tree wins.  In other words, if a
+     * string {@code s} appears multiple times in the {@code packages} array
+     * and {@code i} is the highest integer for which
+     * {@code packages[i].equals(s)}, then {@code packageEnabled[i]}
+     * indicates whether assertions are to be enabled in package-tree
+     * {@code s}.
+     */
+    boolean[] packageEnabled;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether or not assertions in non-system classes are to be enabled
+     * by default.
+     */
+    boolean deflt;
+}