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+heapdump/JMapHeap
+    test for heapdump for jmap on live process
+heapdump/JMapHeapCore
+    test for heap for jmap on core file
+heapdump/JMapMetaspace
+    test for heapdump for jmap on live process, fills metaspace with classes
+heapdump/JMapMetaspaceCore
+    test for heap for jmap on core file, fills metaspace with classes
+heapdump/OnOOMToFile
+    test for -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError and -XX:HeapDumpPath option
+    for file. This test fills heap with objects of different types.
+heapdump/OnOOMToFileMetaspace
+    the same test as OnOOMToFile, but it fills metaspace with classes
+heapdump/OnOOMToPath
+    the same test as OnOOMToFile for -XX:HeapDumpPath option that points to directory
+heapdump/OnOOMRun
+    test for -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError option