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+// Copyright (c) 2018, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package classmerging;
+
+public class ExceptionTest {
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    // The following will lead to a catch handler for ExceptionA, which is merged into ExceptionB.
+    try {
+      throw new ExceptionB("Ouch!");
+    } catch (ExceptionA exception) {
+      System.out.println("Caught exception: " + exception.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Will be merged into ExceptionB when class merging is enabled.
+  public static class ExceptionA extends Exception {
+    public ExceptionA(String message) {
+      super(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static class ExceptionB extends ExceptionA {
+    public ExceptionB(String message) {
+      super(message);
+    }
+  }
+}