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+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/exceptionMsgs/NullPointerException/NPEInHiddenTopFrameTest.java	Mon Oct 14 11:36:17 2019 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 SAP SE. 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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+ * 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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+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test NullPointerException messages thrown in frames that
+ *   are hidden in the backtrace/stackTrace.
+ * @bug 8218628
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @compile -g NPEInHiddenTopFrameTest.java
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:-ShowHiddenFrames -XX:+ShowCodeDetailsInExceptionMessages NPEInHiddenTopFrameTest hidden
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+ShowHiddenFrames -XX:+ShowCodeDetailsInExceptionMessages NPEInHiddenTopFrameTest visible
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+
+public class NPEInHiddenTopFrameTest {
+
+    @FunctionalInterface
+    private static interface SomeFunctionalInterface {
+        String someMethod(String a, String b);
+    }
+
+    public static void checkMessage(String expression,
+                                    String obtainedMsg, String expectedMsg) {
+        System.out.println();
+        System.out.println(" source code: " + expression);
+        System.out.println("  thrown msg: " + obtainedMsg);
+        if (obtainedMsg == null && expectedMsg == null) return;
+        System.out.println("expected msg: " + expectedMsg);
+        Asserts.assertEquals(expectedMsg, obtainedMsg);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        boolean framesAreHidden = false;
+        if (args.length > 0) {
+            String arg = args[0];
+            if (arg.equals("hidden")) framesAreHidden = true;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            final SomeFunctionalInterface concatter = String::concat;
+            final String nullString = null;
+            if (concatter != null) {
+                // This throws NPE from the lambda expression which is a hidden frame.
+                concatter.someMethod(nullString, "validString");
+            }
+        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+            checkMessage("concatter.someMethod(nullString, \"validString\");", e.getMessage(),
+                         framesAreHidden ?
+                         // This is the message that would be printed if the wrong method/bci are used:
+                         // "Cannot invoke 'NPEInHiddenTopFrameTest$SomeFunctionalInterface.someMethod(String, String)'" +
+                         // " because 'concatter' is null."
+                         // But the NPE message generation now recognizes this situation and skips the
+                         // message. So we expect null:
+                         null :
+                         // This is the correct message, but it describes code generated on-the-fly.
+                         // You get it if you disable hiding frames (-XX:+ShowHiddenframes).
+                         "Cannot invoke \"String.concat(String)\" because \"<parameter1>\" is null" );
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}