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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.
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.OutputAnalyzer;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.ProcessTools;
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Executes given test in a separate VM with enabled Tiered Compilation for
+ * CompilationPolicyChoice 2 and 3
+ */
+public class TransitionsTestExecutor {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        if (CompilerWhiteBoxTest.skipOnTieredCompilation(false)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (args.length != 1) {
+            throw new Error("TESTBUG: Test name should be specified");
+        }
+        executeTestFor(2, args[0]);
+        executeTestFor(3, args[0]);
+    }
+
+    private static void executeTestFor(int compilationPolicy, String testName) throws Throwable {
+        String policy = "-XX:CompilationPolicyChoice=" + compilationPolicy;
+
+        // Get runtime arguments including VM options given to this executor
+        RuntimeMXBean runtime = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean();
+        List<String> vmArgs = runtime.getInputArguments();
+
+        // Construct execution command with compilation policy choice and test name
+        List<String> args = new ArrayList<>(vmArgs);
+        Collections.addAll(args, policy, testName);
+
+        OutputAnalyzer out = ProcessTools.executeTestJvm(args.toArray(new String[args.size()]));
+        int exitCode = out.getExitValue();
+        if (exitCode != 0) {
+            throw new Error("Test execution failed with exit code " + exitCode);
+        }
+    }
+}