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+++ b/test/langtools/tools/sjavac/IgnoreSymbolFile.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8047183
+ * @summary JDK build fails with sjavac enabled
+ * @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.sjavac
+ * @build Wrapper
+ * @run main Wrapper IgnoreSymbolFile
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class IgnoreSymbolFile {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        IgnoreSymbolFile test = new IgnoreSymbolFile();
+        test.run();
+    }
+
+    void run() throws Exception {
+        String body =
+                "package p;\n"
+                + "import sun.reflect.annotation.*;\n"
+                + "class X {\n"
+                + "    ExceptionProxy proxy;"
+                + "}";
+        writeFile("src/p/X.java", body);
+
+        new File("classes").mkdirs();
+
+        int rc1 = compile("-d", "classes",
+                          "--state-dir=classes",
+                          "-Werror",
+                          "src");
+        if (rc1 == 0)
+            error("compilation succeeded unexpectedly");
+
+        int rc2 = compile("-d", "classes",
+                          "--state-dir=classes",
+                          "-Werror",
+                          "-XDignore.symbol.file=true",
+                          "src");
+        if (rc2 != 0)
+            error("compilation failed unexpectedly: rc=" + rc2);
+
+        if (errors > 0)
+            throw new Exception(errors + " errors occurred");
+    }
+
+    int compile(String... args) throws ReflectiveOperationException {
+        // Use reflection to avoid a compile-time dependency on sjavac Main
+        System.err.println("compile: " + Arrays.toString(args));
+        Class<?> c = Class.forName("com.sun.tools.sjavac.Main");
+        Method m = c.getDeclaredMethod("go", String[].class);
+        int rc = (Integer) m.invoke(null, (Object) args);
+        System.err.println("rc=" + rc);
+        return rc;
+    }
+
+    void writeFile(String path, String body) throws IOException {
+        File f = new File(path);
+        if (f.getParentFile() != null)
+            f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        try (FileWriter w = new FileWriter(f)) {
+            w.write(body);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void error(String msg) {
+        System.err.println("Error: " + msg);
+        errors++;
+    }
+
+    int errors;
+}