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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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 8175219
+ * @summary test --ignore-errors works correctly
+ * @modules
+ *      jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.api
+ *      jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.tool
+ *      jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api
+ *      jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main
+ * @library /tools/lib
+ * @build toolbox.ToolBox toolbox.TestRunner
+ * @run main IgnoreSourceErrors
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import toolbox.*;
+import toolbox.Task.*;
+
+/**
+ * Dummy javadoc comment.
+ */
+public class IgnoreSourceErrors  extends TestRunner {
+
+    final ToolBox tb;
+    final Path testSrc;
+
+    public IgnoreSourceErrors() throws IOException {
+        super(System.err);
+        tb = new ToolBox();
+        testSrc = Paths.get("Foo.java");
+        emitSample(testSrc);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        new IgnoreSourceErrors().runTests();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void runIgnoreErrorsOffByDefault() throws Exception {
+        JavadocTask task = new JavadocTask(tb, Task.Mode.CMDLINE);
+        task.options(testSrc.toString());
+        Task.Result result = task.run(Expect.FAIL);
+        String out = result.getOutput(OutputKind.DIRECT);
+        if (!out.contains("modifier static not allowed here")) {
+            throw new Exception("expected string not found \'modifier static not allowed here\'");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void runIgnoreErrorsOn() throws Exception {
+        JavadocTask task = new JavadocTask(tb, Task.Mode.CMDLINE);
+        task.options("--ignore-source-errors", testSrc.toString());
+        Task.Result result = task.run(Expect.SUCCESS);
+        String out = result.getOutput(OutputKind.DIRECT);
+        if (!out.contains("modifier static not allowed here")) {
+            throw new Exception("expected string not found \'modifier static not allowed here\'");
+        }
+    }
+
+    void emitSample(Path file) throws IOException {
+        String[] contents = {
+            "/** A java file with errors */",
+            "public static class Foo {}"
+        };
+        Files.write(file, Arrays.asList(contents), StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+    }
+}