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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 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 6978574
+ * @summary  return statement in try block with multi-catch causes ClassFormatError
+ */
+
+public class T6978574  {
+    static class A extends Exception { }
+    static class B extends Exception { }
+
+    static void foo() throws A { throw new A(); }
+    static void bar() throws B { throw new B(); }
+
+    static void test(boolean b) {
+        try {
+            if (b) foo(); else bar();
+            return; // This should *not* cause ClassFormatError
+        } catch (final A | B e ) { caught = true; }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    static boolean caught = false;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        test(true);
+        if (!caught) throw new AssertionError();
+        caught = false;
+        test(false);
+        if (!caught) throw new AssertionError();
+    }
+}