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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 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.
+ *
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+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug     6551367
+ * @summary javadoc throws ClassCastException when an link tag tries to reference constructor.
+ * @author  A. Sundararajan
+ * @modules jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.tool
+ * @run main T6551367 T6551367.java
+ */
+
+/*
+ * ***NOTE: This is not a tool test!, should be moved to doclets.***
+ */
+import java.io.File;
+
+import jdk.javadoc.doclet.DocletEnvironment;
+
+public class T6551367 {
+    public T6551367() {}
+    public boolean run(DocletEnvironment root) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    /** Here, in the javadoc for this method, I try to link to
+     *  {@link #<init> a constructor}.
+     */
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        File testSrc = new File(System.getProperty("test.src", "."));
+        File destDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir", "."));
+        for (String file : args) {
+            File source = new File(testSrc, file);
+            String[] array = {
+                "-Xdoclint:none",
+                source.getPath(),
+                "-d",
+                destDir.getAbsolutePath()
+            };
+
+            int rc = jdk.javadoc.internal.tool.Main.execute(array);
+            if (rc != 0)
+                throw new Error("unexpected exit from javadoc: " + rc);
+        }
+    }
+}