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+++ b/test/jdk/tools/jlink/JLinkToolProviderTest.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
+import java.util.spi.ToolProvider;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @build JLinkToolProviderTest
+ * @run main/othervm/java.security.policy=toolprovider.policy JLinkToolProviderTest
+ */
+public class JLinkToolProviderTest {
+    static final ToolProvider JLINK_TOOL = ToolProvider.findFirst("jlink")
+        .orElseThrow(() ->
+            new RuntimeException("jlink tool not found")
+        );
+
+    private static void checkJlinkOptions(String... options) {
+        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(writer);
+
+        try {
+            JLINK_TOOL.run(pw, pw, options);
+            throw new AssertionError("SecurityException should have been thrown!");
+        } catch (AccessControlException ace) {
+            if (! ace.getPermission().getClass().getName().contains("JlinkPermission")) {
+                throw new AssertionError("expected JlinkPermission check failure");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        checkJlinkOptions("--help");
+        checkJlinkOptions("--list-plugins");
+    }
+}