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+/*
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+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8155608
+ * @summary Verifies that string intrinsics throw array out of bounds exceptions.
+ * @library /compiler/patches /testlibrary /test/lib /
+ * @build java.base/java.lang.Helper
+ * @build compiler.intrinsics.string.TestStringIntrinsicRangeChecks
+ * @run main compiler.intrinsics.string.TestStringIntrinsicRangeChecks
+ */
+package compiler.intrinsics.string;
+
+import java.lang.Helper;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+
+public class TestStringIntrinsicRangeChecks {
+    // Prepare test arrays
+    private static int SIZE = 16;
+    private static byte[] byteArray = new byte[SIZE];
+    private static char[] charArray = new char[SIZE];
+
+    public static void check(Method m, boolean shouldThrow, Object... args) throws Exception {
+        // Prepare error message
+        String message = m.getName() + "(";
+        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) {
+            message += args[i];
+            message += (i+1 < args.length) ? ", " : ")";
+        }
+
+        try {
+            m.invoke(null, args);
+        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+            // Get actual exception
+            Throwable t = e.getTargetException();
+            if (!shouldThrow) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected exception thrown for " + message, e);
+            }
+            if (t instanceof StringIndexOutOfBoundsException ||
+                t instanceof ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
+                // Expected exception. Make sure that the exception was not thrown in UTF16.putChar/getChar
+                // because the corresponding intrinsics are unchecked and the Java code should do all the checks.
+                StackTraceElement[] stack = t.getStackTrace();
+                if (stack.length != 0) {
+                    String methodName = stack[0].getMethodName();
+                    if (methodName.equals("putChar") || methodName.equals("getChar")) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException("Exception thrown in " + methodName + " for " + message, t);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        if (shouldThrow) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("No exception thrown for " + message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        // Get intrinsified String API methods
+        Method compressByte = Helper.class.getMethod("compressByte", byte[].class, int.class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
+        Method compressChar = Helper.class.getMethod("compressChar", char[].class, int.class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
+        Method inflateByte  = Helper.class.getMethod("inflateByte",  byte[].class, int.class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
+        Method inflateChar  = Helper.class.getMethod("inflateChar",  byte[].class, int.class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
+        Method toBytes      = Helper.class.getMethod("toBytes",      char[].class, int.class, int.class);
+        Method getChars     = Helper.class.getMethod("getChars",     byte[].class, int.class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
+
+        // Check different combinations of arguments (source/destination offset and length)
+        for (int srcOff = 0; srcOff < SIZE; ++srcOff) {
+            for (int dstOff = 0; dstOff < SIZE; ++dstOff) {
+                for (int len = 0; len < SIZE; ++len) {
+                    // Check for potential overlows in source or destination array
+                    boolean srcOverflow  = (srcOff + len) > SIZE;
+                    boolean srcOverflowB = (2*srcOff + 2*len) > SIZE;
+                    boolean dstOverflow  = (dstOff + len) > SIZE;
+                    boolean dstOverflowB = (2*dstOff + 2*len) > SIZE;
+                    boolean getCharsOver = (srcOff < len) && ((2*(len-1) >= SIZE) || ((dstOff + len - srcOff) > SIZE));
+                    // Check if an exception is thrown and bail out if result is inconsistent with above
+                    // assumptions (for example, an exception was not thrown although an overflow happened).
+                    check(compressByte, srcOverflowB || dstOverflow,  byteArray, srcOff, SIZE, dstOff, len);
+                    check(compressChar, srcOverflow  || dstOverflow,  charArray, srcOff, SIZE, dstOff, len);
+                    check(inflateByte,  srcOverflow  || dstOverflowB, byteArray, srcOff, SIZE, dstOff, len);
+                    check(inflateChar,  srcOverflow  || dstOverflow,  byteArray, srcOff, SIZE, dstOff, len);
+                    check(toBytes,      srcOverflow,                  charArray, srcOff, len);
+                    check(getChars,     getCharsOver,                 byteArray, srcOff, len, SIZE, dstOff);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}