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+/*
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+
+package jdk.jfr.api.consumer.recordingstream;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import jdk.jfr.api.consumer.recordingstream.TestUtils.TestError;
+import jdk.jfr.api.consumer.recordingstream.TestUtils.TestException;
+import jdk.jfr.api.consumer.security.TestStreamingRemote.TestEvent;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingStream;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary Tests RecordingStream::onError(...) when using
+ *          RecordingStream:startAsync
+ * @key jfr
+ * @requires vm.hasJFR
+ * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.consumer.recordingstream.TestOnErrorAsync
+ */
+public class TestOnErrorAsync {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        testDefaultError();
+        testCustomError();
+        testDefaultException();
+        testCustomException();
+        testOnFlushSanity();
+        testOnCloseSanity();
+    }
+
+    private static void testDefaultError() throws Exception {
+        AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean();
+        CountDownLatch receivedError = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            r.onEvent(e -> {
+                TestError error = new TestError();
+                TestUtils.installUncaughtException(receivedError, error);
+                throw error; // closes stream
+            });
+            r.onClose(() -> {
+                closed.set(true);
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            TestEvent e = new TestEvent();
+            e.commit();
+            r.awaitTermination();
+            receivedError.await();
+            if (!closed.get()) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected stream to be closed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testCustomError() throws Exception {
+        AtomicBoolean onError = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean();
+        CountDownLatch receivedError = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            r.onEvent(e -> {
+                TestError error = new TestError();
+                TestUtils.installUncaughtException(receivedError, error);
+                throw error; // closes stream
+            });
+            r.onError(e -> {
+                onError.set(true);
+            });
+            r.onClose(() -> {
+                closed.set(true);
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            TestEvent e = new TestEvent();
+            e.commit();
+            r.awaitTermination();
+            receivedError.await();
+            if (onError.get()) {
+                throw new Exception("onError handler should not be invoked on java.lang.Error.");
+            }
+            if (!closed.get()) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected stream to be closed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testDefaultException() throws Exception {
+        TestException exception = new TestException();
+        AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            r.onEvent(e -> {
+                if (counter.incrementAndGet() == 2) {
+                    r.close();
+                    return;
+                }
+                TestUtils.throwUnchecked(exception);
+            });
+            r.onClose(() -> {
+                closed.set(true);
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            TestEvent e1 = new TestEvent();
+            e1.commit();
+            TestEvent e2 = new TestEvent();
+            e2.commit();
+            r.awaitTermination();
+            if (!exception.isPrinted()) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected stack trace from Exception to be printed");
+            }
+            if (!closed.get()) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected stream to be closed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testCustomException() throws Exception {
+        TestException exception = new TestException();
+        AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicBoolean received = new AtomicBoolean();
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            r.onEvent(e -> {
+                TestUtils.throwUnchecked(exception);
+            });
+            r.onError(t -> {
+                received.set(t == exception);
+                r.close();
+            });
+            r.onClose(() -> {
+                closed.set(true);
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            TestEvent event = new TestEvent();
+            event.commit();
+            r.awaitTermination();
+            if (!received.get()) {
+                throw new Exception("Did not receive expected exception in onError(...)");
+            }
+            if (exception.isPrinted()) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected stack trace from Exception NOT to be printed");
+            }
+            if (!closed.get()) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected stream to be closed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testOnFlushSanity() throws Exception {
+        TestException exception = new TestException();
+        CountDownLatch received = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            r.onFlush(() -> {
+                TestUtils.throwUnchecked(exception);
+            });
+            r.onError(t -> {
+                if (t == exception) {
+                    received.countDown();
+                }
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            received.await();
+       }
+    }
+
+    private static void testOnCloseSanity() throws Exception {
+        TestException exception = new TestException();
+        CountDownLatch received = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            r.onFlush(() -> {
+                r.close(); // will trigger onClose
+            });
+            r.onClose(() -> {
+                TestUtils.throwUnchecked(exception); // will trigger onError
+            });
+            r.onError(t -> {
+                if (t == exception) {
+                    received.countDown();
+                }
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            received.await();
+        }
+    }
+}