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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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).
+ *
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+ * 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
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+ */
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8049375
+ * @summary Extend how the org.omg.CORBA.ORB handles the search for orb.properties
+ * @library /lib/testlibrary
+ * @build jdk.testlibrary.*
+ * @modules java.corba
+ * @compile OrbPropertiesTest.java TestOrbImpl.java TestSingletonOrbImpl.java
+ * @run main/othervm
+ *    -Djava.naming.provider.url=iiop://localhost:1050
+ *    -Djava.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtxFactory
+ *    OrbPropertiesTest -port 1049
+ * @run main/othervm/secure=java.lang.SecurityManager/policy=jtreg.test.policy
+ *    -Djava.naming.provider.url=iiop://localhost:3050
+ *    -Djava.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtxFactory
+ *    OrbPropertiesTest -port 3049
+ */
+public class OrbPropertiesTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        updateOrbPropertiesFile();
+        // create and initialize the ORB
+        ORB orb = ORB.init(args, null);
+        if (!(orb instanceof TestOrbImpl)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("org.omg.CORBA.ORBClass property not set as expected");
+        }
+        ORB singletonOrb = ORB.init();
+        System.out.println("singletonOrb class == " + singletonOrb.getClass().getName());
+        if (!(singletonOrb instanceof TestSingletonOrbImpl)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("org.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass property not set as expected");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private static void updateOrbPropertiesFile() throws Exception {
+        String orbPropertiesFile = System.getProperty("java.home", ".") + "/conf/orb.properties";
+        String orbClassMapping = "org.omg.CORBA.ORBClass TestOrbImpl";
+        String orbSingletonClassMapping = "org.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass TestSingletonOrbImpl";
+        String orbPropertiesMappings = orbClassMapping + "\n" + orbSingletonClassMapping +"\n";
+        try (PrintWriter hfPWriter = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(
+                new FileWriter(orbPropertiesFile, false)))) {
+            hfPWriter.println(orbPropertiesMappings);
+        } catch (IOException ioEx) {
+            ioEx.printStackTrace();
+            throw ioEx;
+        }
+    }
+}