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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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.
+
+ */
+package common;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import jdk.test.lib.Platform;
+
+/**
+ * A tool, such as jstat, jmap, etc Specific tools are defined as subclasses
+ * parameterized by their corresponding ToolResults subclasses
+ */
+public abstract class TmTool<T extends ToolResults> {
+
+    private final Class<T> resultsClz;
+    private final String cmdLine;
+
+    public TmTool(Class<T> resultsClz, String toolName, String otherArgs) {
+        this.resultsClz = resultsClz;
+        this.cmdLine = adjustForTestJava(toolName) + " " + otherArgs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs the tool to completion and returns the results
+     *
+     * @return the tool results
+     * @throws Exception if anything goes wrong
+     */
+    public T measure() throws Exception {
+        ToolRunner runner = new ToolRunner(cmdLine);
+        ToolResults rawResults = runner.runToCompletion();
+        System.out.println("Process output: " + rawResults);
+        return resultsClz.getDeclaredConstructor(ToolResults.class).newInstance(rawResults);
+    }
+
+    private String adjustForTestJava(String toolName) {
+        // We need to make sure we are running the tol from the JDK under testing
+        String jdkPath = System.getProperty("test.jdk");
+        if (jdkPath == null || !Paths.get(jdkPath).toFile().exists()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("property test.jdk not not set");
+        }
+        Path toolPath = Paths.get("bin", toolName + (Platform.isWindows() ? ".exe" : ""));
+        return Paths.get(jdkPath, toolPath.toString()).toString();
+    }
+
+}