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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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.
+ */
+
+
+/*
+ * Methods and definitions common to docker tests container in this directory
+ */
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import jdk.test.lib.containers.docker.DockerRunOptions;
+import jdk.test.lib.containers.docker.DockerTestUtils;
+import jdk.test.lib.Utils;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+
+public class Common {
+    public static final String imageNameAndTag = "jdk-internal:test";
+
+    public static String imageName(String suffix) {
+        return imageNameAndTag + "-" + suffix;
+    }
+
+
+    public static void prepareWhiteBox() throws Exception {
+        Files.copy(Paths.get(ClassFileInstaller.getJarPath("whitebox.jar")),
+                   Paths.get(Utils.TEST_CLASSES, "whitebox.jar"));
+    }
+
+
+    // create simple commonly used options
+    public static DockerRunOptions newOpts(String imageNameAndTag) {
+        return new DockerRunOptions(imageNameAndTag, "/jdk/bin/java", "-version")
+            .addJavaOpts("-Xlog:os+container=trace");
+    }
+
+
+    // create commonly used options with class to be launched inside container
+    public static DockerRunOptions newOpts(String imageNameAndTag, String testClass) {
+        DockerRunOptions opts =
+            new DockerRunOptions(imageNameAndTag, "/jdk/bin/java", testClass);
+        opts.addDockerOpts("--volume", Utils.TEST_CLASSES + ":/test-classes/");
+        opts.addJavaOpts("-Xlog:os+container=trace", "-cp", "/test-classes/");
+        return opts;
+    }
+
+
+    public static DockerRunOptions addWhiteBoxOpts(DockerRunOptions opts) {
+        opts.addJavaOpts("-Xbootclasspath/a:/test-classes/whitebox.jar",
+                         "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions", "-XX:+WhiteBoxAPI");
+        return opts;
+    }
+
+
+    // most common type of run and checks
+    public static OutputAnalyzer run(DockerRunOptions opts) throws Exception {
+        return DockerTestUtils.dockerRunJava(opts)
+            .shouldHaveExitValue(0).shouldContain("Initializing Container Support");
+    }
+
+
+    // log beginning of a test case
+    public static void logNewTestCase(String msg) {
+        System.out.println("========== NEW TEST CASE:      " + msg);
+    }
+
+}