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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.consumer;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Description;
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Verifies that a single JFR event is recorded as expected
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.consumer.TestSingleRecordedEvent
+ */
+public class TestSingleRecordedEvent {
+
+    @Description("MyDescription")
+    private static class MyEvent extends Event {
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        Recording r = new Recording();
+        r.start();
+        // Commit a single event to the recording
+        MyEvent event = new MyEvent();
+        event.commit();
+        r.stop();
+        List<RecordedEvent> events = Events.fromRecording(r);
+        Events.hasEvents(events);
+
+        // Should be 1 event only
+        Asserts.assertEquals(events.size(), 1);
+
+        RecordedEvent recordedEvent = events.get(0);
+
+        // Event description should be the same
+        Asserts.assertEquals(recordedEvent.getEventType().getDescription(), "MyDescription");
+    }
+}