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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * 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).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7009359
+ * @summary HS with -XX:+AggressiveOpts optimize new StringBuffer(null) so it does not throw NPE as expected
+ *
+ * @run main/othervm -Xbatch -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:+OptimizeStringConcat
+ *      -XX:CompileCommand=dontinline,compiler.c2.Test7009359::stringmakerBUG
+ *      compiler.c2.Test7009359
+ */
+
+package compiler.c2;
+
+public class Test7009359 {
+    public static void main (String[] args) {
+        for(int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+            if(!stringmakerBUG(null).equals("NPE")) {
+                System.out.println("StringBuffer(null) does not throw NPE");
+                System.exit(97);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static String stringmakerBUG(String str) {
+       try {
+           return new StringBuffer(str).toString();
+       } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+           return "NPE";
+       }
+    }
+}
+