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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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).
+ *
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+ * 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
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary VM exit initialization results if java.base is specificed more than once to Xpatch.
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.*;
+
+public class XpatchDupJavaBase {
+  // The VM should exit initialization if java.base is specified
+  // more than once to -Xpatch.
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+      "-Xpatch:java.base=javabase_dir",
+      "-Xpatch:java.base=javabase_dir",
+      "-version");
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    output.shouldContain("Cannot specify java.base more than once to -Xpatch");
+    output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+  }
+}
+