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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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 8159855
+ * @summary test ToolProvider SPI
+ * @run main/othervm ToolProviderTest
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.spi.ToolProvider;
+
+public class ToolProviderTest {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        ToolProviderTest t = new ToolProviderTest();
+        t.run();
+    }
+
+    void run() throws Exception {
+        initServices();
+
+        System.out.println("test without security manager present:");
+        test();
+
+        System.setSecurityManager(new SecurityManager());
+
+        System.out.println("test with security manager present:");
+        test();
+    }
+
+    private void test() throws Exception {
+        ToolProvider testProvider = ToolProvider.findFirst("test").get();
+        int rc = testProvider.run(System.out, System.err, "hello test");
+        if (rc != 0) {
+            throw new Exception("unexpected exit code: " + rc);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void initServices() throws IOException {
+        Path testClasses = Paths.get(System.getProperty("test.classes"));
+        Path services = testClasses.resolve(Paths.get("META-INF", "services"));
+        Files.createDirectories(services);
+        Files.write(services.resolve(ToolProvider.class.getName()),
+                Arrays.asList(TestProvider.class.getName()));
+    }
+
+    public static class TestProvider implements ToolProvider {
+        public TestProvider() {
+            checkPrivileges();
+        }
+
+        public String name() {
+            return "test";
+        }
+
+        public int run(PrintWriter out, PrintWriter err, String... args) {
+            out.println("Test: " + Arrays.toString(args));
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private void checkPrivileges() {
+            boolean haveSecurityManager = (System.getSecurityManager() != null);
+            try {
+                // validate appropriate privileges by checking access to a
+                // system property
+                System.getProperty("java.home");
+                if (haveSecurityManager) {
+                    throw new Error("exception exception not thrown");
+                }
+            } catch (SecurityException e) {
+                if (!haveSecurityManager) {
+                    throw new Error("unexpected exception: " + e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+