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+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8231827
+ * @summary Ensure SimpleTreeVisitor.visitBindingPattern and visitInstanceOf behaves as it should
+ * @modules jdk.compiler
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.tools.*;
+
+import com.sun.source.tree.BindingPatternTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.CompilationUnitTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.InstanceOfTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
+import com.sun.source.util.JavacTask;
+import com.sun.source.util.SimpleTreeVisitor;
+import com.sun.source.util.TreePathScanner;
+
+public class PatternsSimpleVisitorTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new PatternsSimpleVisitorTest().run();
+    }
+
+    void run() throws Exception {
+        String code = "class Test {\n" +
+                      "    boolean t(Object o) {\n" +
+                      "         return o instanceof String s ? s.isEmpty() : false;\n" +
+                      "    }\n" +
+                      "}\n";
+        int[] callCount = new int[1];
+        int[] instanceOfNodeCount = new int[1];
+        int[] bindingPatternNodeCount = new int[1];
+        new TreePathScanner<Void, Void>() {
+            @Override
+            public Void visitInstanceOf(InstanceOfTree node, Void p) {
+                node.accept(new SimpleTreeVisitor<Void, Void>() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected Void defaultAction(Tree defaultActionNode, Void p) {
+                        callCount[0]++;
+                        if (node == defaultActionNode) {
+                            instanceOfNodeCount[0]++;
+                        }
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }, null);
+                return super.visitInstanceOf(node, p);
+            }
+            @Override
+            public Void visitBindingPattern(BindingPatternTree node, Void p) {
+                node.accept(new SimpleTreeVisitor<Void, Void>() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected Void defaultAction(Tree defaultActionNode, Void p) {
+                        callCount[0]++;
+                        if (node == defaultActionNode) {
+                            bindingPatternNodeCount[0]++;
+                        }
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }, null);
+                return super.visitBindingPattern(node, p);
+            }
+        }.scan(parse(code), null);
+
+        if (callCount[0] != 2 || instanceOfNodeCount[0] != 1 ||
+            bindingPatternNodeCount[0] != 1) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Unexpected counts; callCount=" + callCount[0] +
+                                     ", switchExprNodeCount=" + instanceOfNodeCount[0] +
+                                     ", yieldNodeCount=" + bindingPatternNodeCount[0]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private CompilationUnitTree parse(String code) throws IOException {
+        final JavaCompiler tool = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+        assert tool != null;
+        DiagnosticListener<JavaFileObject> noErrors = d -> {};
+
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        JavacTask ct = (JavacTask) tool.getTask(out, null, noErrors,
+            List.of("--enable-preview", "-source", Integer.toString(Runtime.version().feature())), null,
+            Arrays.asList(new MyFileObject(code)));
+        return ct.parse().iterator().next();
+    }
+
+    static class MyFileObject extends SimpleJavaFileObject {
+        private String text;
+
+        public MyFileObject(String text) {
+            super(URI.create("myfo:/Test.java"), JavaFileObject.Kind.SOURCE);
+            this.text = text;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public CharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) {
+            return text;
+        }
+    }
+}