diff -r 88cc95780b6e -r 3ba0d8631f24 test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jdi/VirtualMachine/description/description001.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2018, 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.
+ */
+
+package nsk.jdi.VirtualMachine.description;
+
+import nsk.share.*;
+import nsk.share.jpda.*;
+import nsk.share.jdi.*;
+
+import com.sun.jdi.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.io.*;
+
+/**
+ * The test for the implementation of an object of the type     <BR>
+ * VirtualMachine.                                              <BR>
+ *                                                              <BR>
+ * The test checks up that results of the method                <BR>
+ * <code>com.sun.jdi.VirtualMachine.description()</code>        <BR>
+ * complies with its specification.                             <BR>
+ */
+
+public class description001 {
+
+    //----------------------------------------------------- templete section
+    static final int PASSED = 0;
+    static final int FAILED = 2;
+    static final int PASS_BASE = 95;
+
+    //----------------------------------------------------- templete parameters
+    static final String
+    sHeader1 = "\n==> nsk/jdi/VirtualMachine/description/description001  ",
+    sHeader2 = "--> debugger: ",
+    sHeader3 = "##> debugger: ";
+
+    //----------------------------------------------------- main method
+
+    public static void main (String argv[]) {
+        int result = run(argv, System.out);
+        System.exit(result + PASS_BASE);
+    }
+
+    public static int run (String argv[], PrintStream out) {
+        return new description001().runThis(argv, out);
+    }
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------   log procedures
+
+    private static Log  logHandler;
+
+    private static void log1(String message) {
+        logHandler.display(sHeader1 + message);
+    }
+    private static void log2(String message) {
+        logHandler.display(sHeader2 + message);
+    }
+    private static void log3(String message) {
+        logHandler.complain(sHeader3 + message);
+    }
+
+    //  ************************************************    test parameters
+
+    private String debuggeeName =
+        "nsk.jdi.VirtualMachine.description.description001a";
+
+    //String mName = "nsk.jdi.VirtualMachine.description";
+
+    //====================================================== test program
+    //------------------------------------------------------ common section
+
+    static ArgumentHandler      argsHandler;
+
+    static int waitTime;
+
+    static VirtualMachine  vm = null;
+
+    static int  testExitCode = PASSED;
+
+    static final int returnCode0 = 0;
+    static final int returnCode1 = 1;
+    static final int returnCode2 = 2;
+    static final int returnCode3 = 3;
+    static final int returnCode4 = 4;
+
+    //------------------------------------------------------ methods
+
+    private int runThis (String argv[], PrintStream out) {
+
+        Debugee debuggee;
+
+        argsHandler     = new ArgumentHandler(argv);
+        logHandler      = new Log(out, argsHandler);
+        Binder binder   = new Binder(argsHandler, logHandler);
+
+        if (argsHandler.verbose()) {
+            debuggee = binder.bindToDebugee(debuggeeName + " -vbs");
+        } else {
+            debuggee = binder.bindToDebugee(debuggeeName);
+        }
+
+        waitTime = argsHandler.getWaitTime();
+
+
+        IOPipe pipe     = new IOPipe(debuggee);
+
+        debuggee.redirectStderr(out);
+        log2("issuspended002a debuggee launched");
+        debuggee.resume();
+
+        String line = pipe.readln();
+        if ((line == null) || !line.equals("ready")) {
+            log3("signal received is not 'ready' but: " + line);
+            return FAILED;
+        } else {
+            log2("'ready' recieved");
+        }
+
+        vm = debuggee.VM();
+
+    //------------------------------------------------------  testing section
+        log1("      TESTING BEGINS");
+
+        for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
+
+            pipe.println("newcheck");
+            line = pipe.readln();
+
+            if (line.equals("checkend")) {
+                log2("     : returned string is 'checkend'");
+                break ;
+            } else if (!line.equals("checkready")) {
+                log3("ERROR: returned string is not 'checkready'");
+                testExitCode = FAILED;
+                break ;
+            }
+
+            log1("new checkready: #" + i);
+
+            //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ variable part
+
+            int expresult = returnCode0;
+
+            String description = vm.description();
+            if (description == null) {
+                log3("ERROR: description == null");
+                expresult = returnCode1;
+            } else
+                log2("     description == " + description);
+
+            //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+            log2("     the end of testing");
+            if (expresult != returnCode0)
+                testExitCode = FAILED;
+        }
+        log1("      TESTING ENDS");
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------   test summary section
+    //-------------------------------------------------    standard end section
+
+        pipe.println("quit");
+        log2("waiting for the debuggee to finish ...");
+        debuggee.waitFor();
+
+        int status = debuggee.getStatus();
+        if (status != PASSED + PASS_BASE) {
+            log3("debuggee returned UNEXPECTED exit status: " +
+                    status + " != PASS_BASE");
+            testExitCode = FAILED;
+        } else {
+            log2("debuggee returned expected exit status: " +
+                    status + " == PASS_BASE");
+        }
+
+        if (testExitCode != PASSED) {
+            logHandler.complain("TEST FAILED");
+        }
+        return testExitCode;
+    }
+}