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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8042885
+ * @summary Make sure there is no error using hexadecimal format in vm options
+ * @author Yumin Qi
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class TestHexArguments {
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+      String[] javaArgs = {"-XX:SharedBaseAddress=0x1D000000", "-version"};
+      ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(true, javaArgs);
+
+      OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+      output.shouldNotContain("Could not create the Java Virtual Machine");
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+      String[] javaArgs1 = {"-XX:SharedBaseAddress=1D000000", "-version"};
+      pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(true, javaArgs1);
+      output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+      output.shouldContain("Could not create the Java Virtual Machine");
+  }
+}