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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6759996
+ * @summary javac should ignore empty entries on paths
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+public class T6759996 {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new T6759996().run();
+    }
+
+    void run() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        String PS = File.pathSeparator;
+        write(new File("A.java"), "class A { }");
+        write(new File("B.java"), "class B extends A { }");
+        // In the following line, the presence of the empty element
+        // should not mask the presence of the "." element on the path
+        javac("-verbose", "-sourcepath", "" + PS + ".", "B.java");
+    }
+
+    void javac(String... args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(sw);
+        int rc = com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(args, out);
+        System.out.println(sw.toString());
+        if (rc != 0)
+            throw new Error("javac failed: rc=" + rc);
+
+    }
+
+    void write(File to, String body) throws IOException {
+        System.err.println("write " + to);
+        File toDir = to.getParentFile();
+        if (toDir != null) {
+            boolean ok = toDir.mkdirs();
+            if (!ok) {
+                throw new Error("could not create directory " + toDir);
+            }
+        }
+        Writer out = new FileWriter(to);
+        try {
+            out.write(body);
+            if (!body.endsWith("\n"))
+                out.write("\n");
+        } finally {
+            out.close();
+        }
+    }
+}