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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 Google, Inc.  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 6946040
+ * @summary Tests Character/Short.reverseBytes and their intrinsics implementation in the server compiler
+ *
+ * @run main/othervm -Xbatch
+ *      -XX:CompileCommand=compileonly,compiler.c2.TestCharShortByteSwap::testChar
+ *      -XX:CompileCommand=compileonly,compiler.c2.TestCharShortByteSwap::testShort
+ *      compiler.c2.TestCharShortByteSwap
+ */
+
+package compiler.c2;
+
+// This test must run without any command line arguments.
+
+public class TestCharShortByteSwap {
+
+  private static short initShort(String[] args, short v) {
+    if (args.length > 0) {
+      try {
+        return (short) Integer.valueOf(args[0]).intValue();
+      } catch (NumberFormatException e) { }
+    }
+    return v;
+  }
+
+  private static char initChar(String[] args, char v) {
+    if (args.length > 0) {
+      try {
+        return (char) Integer.valueOf(args[0]).intValue();
+      } catch (NumberFormatException e) { }
+    }
+    return v;
+  }
+
+  private static void testChar(char a, char b) {
+    if (a != Character.reverseBytes(b)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("FAIL: " + (int)a + " != Character.reverseBytes(" + (int)b + ")");
+    }
+    if (b != Character.reverseBytes(a)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("FAIL: " + (int)b + " != Character.reverseBytes(" + (int)a + ")");
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void testShort(short a, short b) {
+    if (a != Short.reverseBytes(b)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("FAIL: " + (int)a + " != Short.reverseBytes(" + (int)b + ")");
+    }
+    if (b != Short.reverseBytes(a)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("FAIL: " + (int)b + " != Short.reverseBytes(" + (int)a + ")");
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < 100000; ++i) { // Trigger compilation
+      char c1 = initChar(args, (char) 0x0123);
+      char c2 = initChar(args, (char) 0x2301);
+      char c3 = initChar(args, (char) 0xaabb);
+      char c4 = initChar(args, (char) 0xbbaa);
+      short s1 = initShort(args, (short) 0x0123);
+      short s2 = initShort(args, (short) 0x2301);
+      short s3 = initShort(args, (short) 0xaabb);
+      short s4 = initShort(args, (short) 0xbbaa);
+      testChar(c1, c2);
+      testChar(c3, c4);
+      testShort(s1, s2);
+      testShort(s3, s4);
+    }
+  }
+}