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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, 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.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
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+ * 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).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.event.gc.detailed;
+
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.AppExecutorHelper;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ExecuteOOMApp {
+    /**
+     * Executes OOM application with JFR recording and returns true if OOM error happened in the
+     * test thread. Adds -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit option to avoid "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded".
+     *
+     * @param settings JFR settings file
+     * @param jfrFilename JFR resulting recording filename
+     * @param additionalVmFlags additional VM flags passed to the java
+     * @param bytesToAllocate number of bytes to allocate in new object every cycle in OOM application
+     * @return true - OOM application is finished as expected,i.e. OOM happened in the test thead
+     *         false - OOM application is finished with OOM error which happened in the non test thread
+     */
+    public static boolean execute(String settings, String jfrFilename, String[] additionalVmFlags, int bytesToAllocate) throws Exception {
+        List<String> additionalVmFlagsList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(additionalVmFlags));
+        additionalVmFlagsList.add("-XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit");
+
+        OutputAnalyzer out = AppExecutorHelper.executeAndRecord(settings, jfrFilename, additionalVmFlagsList.toArray(new String[0]),
+                                                                OOMApp.class.getName(), String.valueOf(bytesToAllocate));
+
+        if ((out.getExitValue() == 1 && out.getOutput().contains("Exception: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError"))) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        out.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+        System.out.println(out.getOutput());
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}