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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.
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8005653
+ * @summary A serialized lambda containing an inner class referencing an external type var in class parameter type
+ * @author  Robert Field
+ * @run main LambdaInnerTypeVarArgsSerialize
+ */
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class LambdaInnerTypeVarArgsSerialize {
+
+    static int assertionCount = 0;
+
+    static void assertTrue(boolean cond) {
+        assertionCount++;
+        if (!cond)
+            throw new AssertionError();
+    }
+
+    interface I extends Serializable {
+        C doit();
+    }
+
+    abstract class C {
+        abstract Object it();
+    }
+
+    class TV {
+        C go() {
+            List<String> ls = new ArrayList<>();
+            ls.add("Oh");
+            ls.add("my");
+            return foo(ls).doit();
+        }
+
+        <RRRRR> I foo(List<RRRRR> r) {
+            return () -> new C() {
+                List<RRRRR> xxxxx = r;
+                @Override
+                    Object it() { return xxxxx; };
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    void test1() {
+        assertTrue(((List<String>)(new TV().go().it())).get(0).equals("Oh"));
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        LambdaInnerTypeVarArgsSerialize t = new LambdaInnerTypeVarArgsSerialize();
+        t.test1();
+        assertTrue(assertionCount == 1);
+    }
+}