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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * JDK-8043232: Index selection of overloaded java new constructors
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ */
+
+// call explicit constructor
+print(new (java.lang["String(char[],int,int)"])(['a','b', 'c', 'd'], 1, 3));
+// print the constructor itself
+print(java.lang["String(char[],int,int)"]);
+
+// store constructor to call later
+var Color = java.lang["String(char[],int,int)"];
+// call stored constructor
+print(new Color(['r','r', 'e', 'd'], 1, 3))
+
+// check if default constructor works
+var obj = new (java.lang["Object()"])();
+if (obj.class != java.lang.Object.class) {
+    fail("obj is a java.lang.Object");
+}
+
+// expected failure cases.
+function checkIt(func) {
+    try {
+        func();
+        throw new Error("should have thrown TypeError");
+    } catch(e) {
+        if (! (e instanceof TypeError)) {
+            fail("Expected TypeError, got " + e);
+        }
+        print(e);
+    }
+}
+
+// constructor of a non-existent class
+checkIt(function() new (java.lang["NonExistent(String)"])());
+
+// non-existent constructor of an existing class
+checkIt(function() new (java.lang["Object(String)"])());
+
+// garbage signature string
+checkIt(function() new (java.lang["Object()xxxxx"])());
+checkIt(function() new (java.lang["Object("])());
+checkIt(function() new (java.lang["Object)"])());
+
+var System = Java.type("java.lang.System");
+// try to do 'new' on static method
+checkIt(function() new (System.getProperty)("java.version"));
+
+// try to do 'new' on an instance method
+var println = System.out.println;
+checkIt(function() new println("hello"));
+
+// call constructor as normal method (without 'new')
+checkIt(function() Color());
+
+// try constructor on interface
+checkIt(function() new java.lang["Runnable()"]);
+checkIt(function() new java.lang["Runnable(int)"]);
+
+// try constructor on abstrace class
+try {
+    new java.io["InputStream()"];
+    throw new Error("should have thrown exception!");
+} catch (e) {
+    print(e);
+}