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+/*
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+ *
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.consumer.recordingstream;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.Name;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingStream;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary Tests RecordingStream::onEvent(...)
+ * @key jfr
+ * @requires vm.hasJFR
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.consumer.recordingstream.TestOnEvent
+ */
+public class TestOnEvent {
+
+    @Name("A")
+    static class EventA extends Event {
+    }
+
+    @Name("A")
+    static class EventAlsoA extends Event {
+    }
+
+    @Name("C")
+    static class EventC extends Event {
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        testOnEventNull();
+        testOnEvent();
+        testNamedEvent();
+        testTwoEventWithSameName();
+    }
+
+    private static void testOnEventNull() {
+        log("Entering testOnEventNull()");
+        try (RecordingStream rs = new RecordingStream()) {
+           try {
+               rs.onEvent(null);
+               throw new AssertionError("Expected NullPointerException from onEvent(null)");
+           } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
+               // OK; as expected
+           }
+           try {
+               rs.onEvent("A", null);
+               throw new AssertionError("Expected NullPointerException from onEvent(\"A\", null)");
+
+           } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
+               // OK; as expected
+           }
+           try {
+               String s = null;
+               rs.onEvent(s, null);
+               throw new AssertionError("Expected NullPointerException from onEvent(null, null)");
+           } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
+               // OK; as expected
+           }
+        }
+        log("Leaving testOnEventNull()");
+     }
+
+    private static void testTwoEventWithSameName() throws Exception {
+        log("Entering testTwoEventWithSameName()");
+        CountDownLatch eventA = new CountDownLatch(2);
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            r.onEvent("A", e -> {
+                System.out.println("testTwoEventWithSameName" +  e);
+                eventA.countDown();
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            EventA a1 = new EventA();
+            a1.commit();
+            EventAlsoA a2 = new EventAlsoA();
+            a2.commit();
+            eventA.await();
+        }
+        log("Leaving testTwoEventWithSameName()");
+    }
+
+    private static void testNamedEvent() throws Exception {
+        log("Entering testNamedEvent()");
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            CountDownLatch eventA = new CountDownLatch(1);
+            CountDownLatch eventC = new CountDownLatch(1);
+            r.onEvent("A", e -> {
+                System.out.println("TestNamedEvent:" + e);
+                if (e.getEventType().getName().equals("A")) {
+                    eventA.countDown();
+                }
+            });
+            r.onEvent("C", e -> {
+                System.out.println("TestNamedEvent:" + e);
+                if (e.getEventType().getName().equals("C")) {
+                    eventC.countDown();
+                }
+            });
+
+            r.startAsync();
+            EventA a = new EventA();
+            a.commit();
+            EventC c = new EventC();
+            c.commit();
+            eventA.await();
+            eventC.await();
+        }
+        log("Leaving testNamedEvent()");
+    }
+
+    private static void testOnEvent() throws Exception {
+        log("Entering testOnEvent()");
+        try (RecordingStream r = new RecordingStream()) {
+            CountDownLatch event = new CountDownLatch(1);
+            r.onEvent(e -> {
+                event.countDown();
+            });
+            r.startAsync();
+            EventA a = new EventA();
+            a.commit();
+            event.await();
+        }
+        log("Leaving testOnEvent()");
+    }
+
+    private static void log(String msg) {
+        System.out.println(msg);
+    }
+}