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+/*
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+
+/*
+ * @test id=inline
+ * @bug 8384756
+ * @summary A class should be excluded if the type of one of its inlined fields is excluded.
+ * @requires vm.cds
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.vm.annotation
+ * @enablePreview
+ * @compile test-classes/InlineFieldExclusionApp.java test-classes/excluded/ExcludedValueClass.java
+ * @run driver jdk.test.lib.helpers.ClassFileInstaller -jar app.jar InlineFieldExclusionApp
+ * @run driver jdk.test.lib.helpers.ClassFileInstaller -jar excluded.jar excluded/ExcludedValueClass
+ * @run main/othervm InlineFieldExclusionTest InlineFieldExclusionApp
+ */
+
+/* @test id=static
+ * @bug 8384756
+ * @summary A class should be excluded if the type of one of its inlined fields is excluded.
+ * @requires vm.cds
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.vm.annotation
+ * @enablePreview
+ * @compile test-classes/StaticNullRestrictedExclusionApp.java test-classes/excluded/ExcludedValueClass.java
+ * @run driver jdk.test.lib.helpers.ClassFileInstaller -jar app.jar StaticNullRestrictedExclusionApp
+ * @run driver jdk.test.lib.helpers.ClassFileInstaller -jar excluded.jar excluded/ExcludedValueClass
+ * @run main/othervm InlineFieldExclusionTest StaticNullRestrictedExclusionApp
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.helpers.ClassFileInstaller;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class InlineFieldExclusionTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (args.length < 1) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Missing main class name");
+        }
+
+        String mainClass = args[0];
+        String appJar = ClassFileInstaller.getJarPath("app.jar");
+        String unsignedJar = ClassFileInstaller.getJarPath("excluded.jar");
+
+        JarBuilder.signJar("excluded");
+        String signedJar = TestCommon.getTestJar("signed_excluded.jar");
+
+        String classpath = appJar + System.getProperty("path.separator") + signedJar;
+        OutputAnalyzer output;
+
+        String[] suffix = TestCommon.list("--enable-preview",
+                                          "-Xlog:cds,aot,class+load");
+
+        String skipMsg1 = "Skipping excluded/ExcludedValueClass: Signed JAR";
+        String skipMsg2 = "Skipping " + mainClass;
+        String loadFromJar = ".class,load\s*. " + mainClass + " source: file:.*app.jar";
+
+        // ExcludedValueClass should be excluded from the archive because it is found inside
+        // a signed JAR. InlineFieldExclusionApp has a flat field of type ExcludedValueClass and
+        // relies on this class to calculate the layout of the field, so it too must be excluded
+        // from the archive.
+        output = TestCommon.dump(classpath, TestCommon.list(mainClass, "excluded/ExcludedValueClass"), suffix);
+        TestCommon.checkDump(output, skipMsg1, skipMsg2);
+
+        // At runtime, both InlineFieldExclusionApp and ExcludedValueClass should be loaded from
+        // the jar file instead of from the shared archive.
+        output = TestCommon.exec(classpath, TestCommon.concat(suffix, mainClass));
+        try {
+            output.shouldMatch(loadFromJar);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            TestCommon.checkCommonExecExceptions(output, e);
+        }
+    }
+}