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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 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
+ * @bug 6988836
+ * @summary A new JavacElements is created for each round of annotation processing
+ * @library /tools/javac/lib
+ * @build JavacTestingAbstractProcessor TestContext
+ * @compile/process -processor TestContext -XprintRounds TestContext
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.*;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import static javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.*;
+
+import com.sun.source.util.Trees;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTrees;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.model.JavacElements;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.model.JavacTypes;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context;
+
+public class TestContext extends JavacTestingAbstractProcessor {
+
+    Trees treeUtils;
+    int round = 0;
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(ProcessingEnvironment pEnv) {
+        super.init(pEnv);
+        treeUtils = Trees.instance(processingEnv);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+        round++;
+
+        JavacProcessingEnvironment jpe = (JavacProcessingEnvironment) processingEnv;
+        Context c = jpe.getContext();
+        check(c.get(JavacElements.class), eltUtils);
+        check(c.get(JavacTypes.class), typeUtils);
+        check(c.get(JavacTrees.class), treeUtils);
+
+        final int MAXROUNDS = 3;
+        if (round < MAXROUNDS)
+            generateSource("Gen" + round);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    <T> void check(T actual, T expected) {
+//        messager.printMessage(NOTE, "expect: " + expected);
+//        messager.printMessage(NOTE, "actual: " + actual);
+
+        if (actual != expected) {
+            messager.printMessage(ERROR,
+                "round " + round + " unexpected value for " + expected.getClass().getName() + ": " + actual);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void generateSource(String name) {
+        String text = "class " + name + " { }\n";
+
+        try (Writer out = filer.createSourceFile(name).openWriter()) {
+                out.write(text);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new Error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+