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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).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test TestDisableExplicitGC
+ * @requires vm.opt.DisableExplicitGC == null
+ * @summary Verify GC behavior with DisableExplicitGC flag.
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @run main/othervm                             -XX:+PrintGCDetails TestDisableExplicitGC
+ * @run main/othervm/fail -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+PrintGCDetails TestDisableExplicitGC
+ * @run main/othervm      -XX:-DisableExplicitGC -XX:+PrintGCDetails TestDisableExplicitGC
+ */
+import java.lang.management.GarbageCollectorMXBean;
+import java.util.List;
+import static com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Asserts.*;
+
+public class TestDisableExplicitGC {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+        List<GarbageCollectorMXBean> list = java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getGarbageCollectorMXBeans();
+        long collectionCountBefore = getCollectionCount(list);
+        System.gc();
+        long collectionCountAfter = getCollectionCount(list);
+        assertLT(collectionCountBefore, collectionCountAfter);
+    }
+
+    private static long getCollectionCount(List<GarbageCollectorMXBean> list) {
+        int collectionCount = 0;
+        for (GarbageCollectorMXBean gcMXBean : list) {
+            collectionCount += gcMXBean.getCollectionCount();
+        }
+        return collectionCount;
+    }
+}