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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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/*
+ * Utility class to emulate jtreg @compile/fail, but also checking the specific
+ * exit code, given as the first arg.
+ */
+public class CompileFail {
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        if (args.length < 2)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("insufficient args");
+        int expected_rc = getReturnCode(args[0]);
+
+        List<String> javacArgs = new ArrayList<>();
+        javacArgs.addAll(Arrays.asList(
+            "-bootclasspath", System.getProperty("sun.boot.class.path"),
+            "-d", "."
+        ));
+
+        File testSrc = new File(System.getProperty("test.src"));
+        for (int i = 1; i < args.length; i++) { // skip first arg
+            String arg = args[i];
+            if (arg.endsWith(".java"))
+                javacArgs.add(new File(testSrc, arg).getPath());
+            else
+                javacArgs.add(arg);
+        }
+
+        int rc = com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(
+            javacArgs.toArray(new String[javacArgs.size()]));
+
+        if (rc != expected_rc)
+            throw new Error("unexpected exit code: " + rc
+                        + ", expected: " + expected_rc);
+    }
+
+    static int getReturnCode(String name) {
+        switch (name) {
+            case "OK":
+                return EXIT_OK;
+
+            case "ERROR":
+                return EXIT_ERROR;
+
+            case "CMDERR":
+                return EXIT_CMDERR;
+
+            case "SYSERR":
+                return EXIT_SYSERR;
+
+            case "ABNORMAL":
+                return EXIT_ABNORMAL;
+
+            default:
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The following is cut-n-paste from com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main
+    static final int
+        EXIT_OK = 0,        // Compilation completed with no errors.
+        EXIT_ERROR = 1,     // Completed but reported errors.
+        EXIT_CMDERR = 2,    // Bad command-line arguments
+        EXIT_SYSERR = 3,    // System error or resource exhaustion.
+        EXIT_ABNORMAL = 4;  // Compiler terminated abnormally
+}