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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.cluster
+
+import language.postfixOps
+import scala.collection.immutable
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
+import akka.testkit._
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import akka.actor.Address
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.RootActorPath
+import akka.cluster.MemberStatus._
+import akka.actor.Deploy
+
+object RestartNodeMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
+  val first = role("first")
+  val second = role("second")
+  val third = role("third")
+
+  commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false).
+    withFallback(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.cluster.auto-down-unreachable-after = 5s")).
+    withFallback(MultiNodeClusterSpec.clusterConfig))
+}
+
+class RestartNodeMultiJvmNode1 extends RestartNodeSpec
+class RestartNodeMultiJvmNode2 extends RestartNodeSpec
+class RestartNodeMultiJvmNode3 extends RestartNodeSpec
+
+abstract class RestartNodeSpec
+  extends MultiNodeSpec(RestartNodeMultiJvmSpec)
+  with MultiNodeClusterSpec with ImplicitSender {
+
+  import RestartNodeMultiJvmSpec._
+
+  @volatile var secondUniqueAddress: UniqueAddress = _
+
+  // use a separate ActorSystem, to be able to simulate restart
+  lazy val secondSystem = ActorSystem(system.name, system.settings.config)
+
+  def seedNodes: immutable.IndexedSeq[Address] = Vector(first, secondUniqueAddress.address, third)
+
+  lazy val restartedSecondSystem = ActorSystem(system.name,
+    ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.remote.netty.tcp.port=" + secondUniqueAddress.address.port.get).
+      withFallback(system.settings.config))
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    runOn(second) {
+      if (secondSystem.isTerminated)
+        shutdown(restartedSecondSystem)
+      else
+        shutdown(secondSystem)
+    }
+    super.afterAll()
+  }
+
+  "Cluster nodes" must {
+    "be able to restart and join again" taggedAs LongRunningTest in within(60 seconds) {
+      // secondSystem is a separate ActorSystem, to be able to simulate restart
+      // we must transfer its address to first
+      runOn(first, third) {
+        system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+          def receive = {
+            case a: UniqueAddress ⇒
+              secondUniqueAddress = a
+              sender() ! "ok"
+          }
+        }).withDeploy(Deploy.local), name = "address-receiver")
+        enterBarrier("second-address-receiver-ready")
+      }
+
+      runOn(second) {
+        enterBarrier("second-address-receiver-ready")
+        secondUniqueAddress = Cluster(secondSystem).selfUniqueAddress
+        List(first, third) foreach { r ⇒
+          system.actorSelection(RootActorPath(r) / "user" / "address-receiver") ! secondUniqueAddress
+          expectMsg(5 seconds, "ok")
+        }
+      }
+      enterBarrier("second-address-transfered")
+
+      // now we can join first, secondSystem, third together
+      runOn(first, third) {
+        cluster.joinSeedNodes(seedNodes)
+        awaitMembersUp(3)
+      }
+      runOn(second) {
+        Cluster(secondSystem).joinSeedNodes(seedNodes)
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(secondSystem).readView.members.size should be(3))
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(secondSystem).readView.members.map(_.status) should be(Set(Up)))
+      }
+      enterBarrier("started")
+
+      // shutdown secondSystem
+      runOn(second) {
+        shutdown(secondSystem, remaining)
+      }
+      enterBarrier("second-shutdown")
+
+      // then immediately start restartedSecondSystem, which has the same address as secondSystem
+      runOn(second) {
+        Cluster(restartedSecondSystem).joinSeedNodes(seedNodes)
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(restartedSecondSystem).readView.members.size should be(3))
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(restartedSecondSystem).readView.members.map(_.status) should be(Set(Up)))
+      }
+      runOn(first, third) {
+        awaitAssert {
+          Cluster(system).readView.members.size should be(3)
+          Cluster(system).readView.members.exists { m ⇒
+            m.address == secondUniqueAddress.address && m.uniqueAddress.uid != secondUniqueAddress.uid
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      enterBarrier("second-restarted")
+
+    }
+
+  }
+}