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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 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 6648816
+ * @summary REGRESSION: setting -Djava.security.debug=failure result in NPE
+ * in ACC
+ * @run main/othervm -Djava.security.debug=failure FailureDebugOption
+ */
+
+import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
+import java.security.BasicPermission;
+
+public class FailureDebugOption {
+
+   public static void main (String argv[]) throws Exception {
+        try {
+            AccessController.checkPermission(
+                        new BasicPermission("no such permission"){});
+        } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
+           throw new Exception("Unexpected NullPointerException for security" +
+                        " debug option, -Djava.security.debug=failure");
+        } catch (AccessControlException ace) {
+        }
+   }
+}