diff -r f55df5cfe11c -r 02f1cfc234a0 langtools/test/tools/javadoc/ReleaseOption.java
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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.
+ */
+
+import com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8086737
+ * @summary Test -release option in javadoc
+ * @run main ReleaseOption
+ */
+public class ReleaseOption {
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        new ReleaseOption().run();
+    }
+
+    void run() {
+        doRunTest(0, out -> out.contains("compiler.err.doesnt.exist: java.util.stream"), "-release", "7");
+        doRunTest(0, out -> !out.contains("compiler.err.doesnt.exist: java.util.stream"), "-release", "8");
+        doRunTest(1, out -> true, "-release", "7", "-source", "7");
+        doRunTest(1, out -> true, "-release", "7", "-bootclasspath", "any");
+    }
+
+    void doRunTest(int expectedResult, Predicate<String> validate, String... args) {
+        System.err.println("running with args: " + Arrays.asList(args));
+        List<String> options = new ArrayList<>();
+        options.addAll(Arrays.asList(args));
+        options.add("-XDrawDiagnostics");
+        options.add(System.getProperty("test.src", ".") + java.io.File.separatorChar + "ReleaseOptionSource.java");
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(out);
+        int actualResult = Main.execute("javadoc", pw, pw, pw, "com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet", options.toArray(new String[0]));
+        System.err.println("actual result=" + actualResult);
+        System.err.println("actual output=" + out.toString());
+        if (actualResult != expectedResult)
+            throw new Error();
+        if (!validate.test(out.toString())) {
+            throw new Error("Not an expected error output: " + out.toString());
+        }
+    }
+}