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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2012, 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.
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+// This test case relies on updated static security property, no way to re-use
+// security property in samevm/agentvm mode.
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6714842
+ * @library ../../../testlibrary
+ * @build CertUtils
+ * @run main/othervm BuildEEBasicConstraints
+ * @summary make sure a PKIX CertPathBuilder builds a path to an
+ *      end entity certificate when the setBasicConstraints method of the
+ *      X509CertSelector of the targetConstraints PKIXBuilderParameters
+ *      parameter is set to -2.
+ */
+
+import java.security.Security;
+import java.security.cert.Certificate;
+import java.security.cert.CertPath;
+import java.security.cert.CertStore;
+import java.security.cert.CollectionCertStoreParameters;
+import java.security.cert.PKIXBuilderParameters;
+import java.security.cert.PKIXCertPathBuilderResult;
+import java.security.cert.TrustAnchor;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.security.cert.X509CertSelector;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public final class BuildEEBasicConstraints {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        // reset the security property to make sure that the algorithms
+        // and keys used in this test are not disabled.
+        Security.setProperty("jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms", "MD2");
+
+        X509Certificate rootCert = CertUtils.getCertFromFile("anchor.cer");
+        TrustAnchor anchor = new TrustAnchor
+            (rootCert.getSubjectX500Principal(), rootCert.getPublicKey(), null);
+        X509CertSelector sel = new X509CertSelector();
+        sel.setBasicConstraints(-2);
+        PKIXBuilderParameters params = new PKIXBuilderParameters
+            (Collections.singleton(anchor), sel);
+        params.setRevocationEnabled(false);
+        X509Certificate eeCert = CertUtils.getCertFromFile("ee.cer");
+        X509Certificate caCert = CertUtils.getCertFromFile("ca.cer");
+        ArrayList<X509Certificate> certs = new ArrayList<X509Certificate>();
+        certs.add(caCert);
+        certs.add(eeCert);
+        CollectionCertStoreParameters ccsp =
+            new CollectionCertStoreParameters(certs);
+        CertStore cs = CertStore.getInstance("Collection", ccsp);
+        params.addCertStore(cs);
+        PKIXCertPathBuilderResult res = CertUtils.build(params);
+        CertPath cp = res.getCertPath();
+        // check that first certificate is an EE cert
+        List<? extends Certificate> certList = cp.getCertificates();
+        X509Certificate cert = (X509Certificate) certList.get(0);
+        if (cert.getBasicConstraints() != -1) {
+            throw new Exception("Target certificate is not an EE certificate");
+        }
+    }
+}