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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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).
+ *
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+ * 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 8080352
+ * @summary Tests for hard errors, like syntax errors
+ * @build KullaTesting
+ * @run testng RejectedFailedTest
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jshell.Snippet.SubKind;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import jdk.jshell.Diag;
+import jdk.jshell.Snippet;
+import jdk.jshell.Snippet.Kind;
+import jdk.jshell.Snippet.Status;
+
+import jdk.jshell.SnippetEvent;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+@Test
+public class RejectedFailedTest extends KullaTesting {
+
+    private String bad(String input, Kind kind, String prevId) {
+        List<SnippetEvent> events = assertEvalFail(input);
+        assertEquals(events.size(), 1, "Expected one event, got: " + events.size());
+        SnippetEvent e = events.get(0);
+        List<Diag> diagnostics = getState().diagnostics(e.snippet()).collect(toList());
+        assertTrue(diagnostics.size() > 0, "Expected diagnostics, got none");
+        assertEquals(e.exception(), null, "Expected exception to be null.");
+        assertEquals(e.value(), null, "Expected value to be null.");
+
+        Snippet key = e.snippet();
+        assertTrue(key != null, "key must be non-null, but was null.");
+        assertEquals(key.kind(), kind, "Expected kind: " + kind + ", got: " + key.kind());
+        SubKind expectedSubKind = kind == Kind.ERRONEOUS ? SubKind.UNKNOWN_SUBKIND : SubKind.METHOD_SUBKIND;
+        assertEquals(key.subKind(), expectedSubKind, "SubKind: ");
+        assertTrue(key.id().compareTo(prevId) > 0, "Current id: " + key.id() + ", previous: " + prevId);
+        assertEquals(getState().diagnostics(key).collect(toList()), diagnostics, "Expected retrieved diagnostics to match, but didn't.");
+        assertEquals(key.source(), input, "Expected retrieved source: " +
+                key.source() + " to match input: " + input);
+        assertEquals(getState().status(key), Status.REJECTED, "Expected status of REJECTED, got: " + getState().status(key));
+        return key.id();
+    }
+
+    private void checkByKind(String[] inputs, Kind kind) {
+        String prevId = "";
+        for (String in : inputs) {
+            prevId = bad(in, kind, prevId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testErroneous() {
+        String[] inputsErroneous = {
+                "%&^%&",
+                " a b c",
+                ")",
+                "class interface A",
+                "package foo;"
+        };
+        checkByKind(inputsErroneous, Kind.ERRONEOUS);
+    }
+
+    public void testBadMethod() {
+        String[] inputsMethod = {
+                "transient int m() { return x; }",
+                "int h() { }",
+                "void l() { return 4; }",
+                "int vv(void x) { return 2; }",
+        };
+        checkByKind(inputsMethod, Kind.METHOD);
+    }
+}