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+/*
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+ *
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+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test the -XX:+IgnoreEmptyClassPaths flag
+ * AppCDS does not support uncompressed oops
+ * @requires (vm.opt.UseCompressedOops == null) | (vm.opt.UseCompressedOops == true)
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ *          java.management
+ *          jdk.jartool/sun.tools.jar
+ * @compile test-classes/Hello.java
+ * @compile test-classes/HelloMore.java
+ * @run main IgnoreEmptyClassPaths
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+public class IgnoreEmptyClassPaths {
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    String jar1 = JarBuilder.getOrCreateHelloJar();
+    String jar2 = JarBuilder.build("IgnoreEmptyClassPaths_more", "HelloMore");
+
+    String sep = File.pathSeparator;
+    String cp_dump = jar1 + sep + jar2 + sep;
+    String cp_exec = sep + jar1 + sep + sep + jar2 + sep;
+
+    TestCommon.testDump(cp_dump, TestCommon.list("Hello", "HelloMore"),
+                        "-XX:+TraceClassPaths", "-XX:+IgnoreEmptyClassPaths");
+
+    OutputAnalyzer output = TestCommon.execCommon(
+        "-verbose:class",
+        "-cp", cp_exec,
+        "-XX:+IgnoreEmptyClassPaths", // should affect classpath even if placed after the "-cp" argument
+        "-XX:+TraceClassPaths",
+        "HelloMore");
+    TestCommon.checkExec(output);
+  }
+}