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+++ b/test/jdk/java/io/FilePermission/SpecTests.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 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 4955804
+ * @summary Tests for FilePermission constructor spec for null
+ *      and empty String parameters
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class SpecTests {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        String ILE = "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException";
+        String NPE = "java.lang.NullPointerException";
+
+        String names[] =   {"", null, "foo", "foo", "foo", "foo"};
+        String actions[] = {"read", "read", "", null, "junk",
+                         "read,write,execute,delete,rename"};
+        String exps[] = { null, NPE, ILE, ILE, ILE, ILE };
+
+        FilePermission permit;
+        for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
+            try {
+                permit = new FilePermission(names[i], actions[i]);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                if (exps[i] == null) {
+                    throw e;
+                } else if (!((e.getClass().getName()).equals(exps[i]))) {
+                    throw new Exception("Expecting: " + exps[i] +
+                                        " for name:" + names[i] +
+                                        " actions:" + actions[i]);
+                } else {
+                   System.out.println(names[i] + ", [" + actions[i] + "] " +
+                         "resulted in " + exps[i] + " as Expected");
+                }
+           }
+           if (exps[i] == null) {
+                System.out.println(names[i] + ", [" + actions[i] + "] " +
+                         "resulted in No Exception as Expected");
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}