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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2019, 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
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test the -XX:+IgnoreEmptyClassPaths flag
+ * @requires vm.cds
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules jdk.jartool/sun.tools.jar
+ * @compile test-classes/Hello.java
+ * @compile test-classes/HelloMore.java
+ * @run driver 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");
+
+    TestCommon.run(
+        "-verbose:class",
+        "-cp", cp_exec,
+        "-XX:+IgnoreEmptyClassPaths", // should affect classpath even if placed after the "-cp" argument
+        "-XX:+TraceClassPaths",
+        "HelloMore")
+      .assertNormalExit();
+  }
+}