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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).
+ *
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+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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+ *
+ * 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
+ * @bug 8026365
+ * @summary Test invokespecial of host class method from an anonymous class
+ * @author  Robert Field
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file InvokeSpecialAnonTest.java
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller InvokeSpecialAnonTest AnonTester
+ * @run main/othervm -Xbootclasspath/a:. -Xverify:all InvokeSpecialAnonTest
+ */
+import jdk.internal.org.objectweb.asm.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import sun.misc.Unsafe;
+
+public class InvokeSpecialAnonTest implements Opcodes {
+
+    static byte[] anonClassBytes() throws Exception {
+        ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(0);
+        MethodVisitor mv;
+
+        cw.visit(V1_8, ACC_FINAL + ACC_SUPER, "Anon", null, "java/lang/Object", null);
+
+        {
+            mv = cw.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC, "<init>", "()V", null, null);
+            mv.visitCode();
+            mv.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 0);
+            mv.visitMethodInsn(INVOKESPECIAL, "java/lang/Object", "<init>", "()V");
+            mv.visitInsn(RETURN);
+            mv.visitMaxs(2, 2);
+            mv.visitEnd();
+        }
+        {
+            mv = cw.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC, "m", "(LInvokeSpecialAnonTest;)I", null, null);
+            mv.visitCode();
+            mv.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 0);
+            mv.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 1);
+            mv.visitMethodInsn(INVOKESPECIAL, "InvokeSpecialAnonTest", "privMethod", "()I");
+            mv.visitInsn(IRETURN);
+            mv.visitMaxs(2, 3);
+            mv.visitEnd();
+        }
+        cw.visitEnd();
+
+        return cw.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    private int privMethod() { return 1234; }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Class<?> klass = InvokeSpecialAnonTest.class;
+        try {
+           Class<?> result = AnonTester.defineTest(klass, anonClassBytes());
+           System.out.println("Passed.");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+           e.printStackTrace();
+           throw e;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+class AnonTester {
+    private static final Unsafe UNSAFE = Unsafe.getUnsafe();
+
+    public static Class<?> defineTest(Class<?> targetClass, byte[] classBytes) throws Exception {
+        return UNSAFE.defineAnonymousClass(targetClass, classBytes, null);
+    }
+}