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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.jet;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.KotlinCompiler;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * @author Stepan Koltsov
+ */
+public class CompileJdkHeadersTest {
+
+    private File tmpdir;
+
+    @Before
+    public void before() throws Exception {
+        tmpdir = JetTestUtils.tmpDir(CompileJdkHeadersTest.class.getName());
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void after() {
+        if (tmpdir != null) {
+            FileUtil.delete(tmpdir);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void compile() {
+        KotlinCompiler.ExitCode exitCode = new KotlinCompiler().exec(
+                System.err, "-output", tmpdir.getPath(), "-src", "./jdk-headers/src", "-stubs");
+        if (exitCode != KotlinCompiler.ExitCode.OK) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("jdk headers compilation failed: " + exitCode);
+        }
+    }
+}