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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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
+ * @key regression
+ * @bug 8020675
+ * @summary make sure there is no fatal error if a class is loaded from an invalid jar file which is in the bootclasspath
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @build TestForName
+ * @build LoadClassNegative
+ * @run main LoadClassNegative
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class LoadClassNegative {
+
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+    String bootCP = "-Xbootclasspath/a:" + System.getProperty("test.src")
+                       + File.separator + "dummy.jar";
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+        bootCP,
+        "TestForName");
+
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    output.shouldContain("ClassNotFoundException");
+    output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+  }
+}