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+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/processing/errors/TestErrorCount.java	Tue Mar 15 11:48:55 2011 -0700
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6988079
+ * @summary Errors reported via Messager.printMessage(ERROR,"error message") are not tallied correctly
+ * @library ../../lib
+ * @build JavacTestingAbstractProcessor TestErrorCount
+ * @compile/fail/ref=TestErrorCount.out -XDrawDiagnostics -processor TestErrorCount TestErrorCount.java
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.*;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.tools.*;
+
+public class TestErrorCount extends JavacTestingAbstractProcessor {
+    @Override
+    public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+        messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR, "intentional error");
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+