--- jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2017/05/13 19:13:09	1.223
+++ jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2017/05/15 17:02:46	1.231
@@ -1063,8 +1063,29 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
     }
 
     /**
+     * Checks that thread eventually enters the expected blocked thread state.
+     */
+    void assertThreadBlocks(Thread thread, Thread.State expected) {
+        // always sleep at least 1 ms, with high probability avoiding
+        // transitory states
+        for (long retries = LONG_DELAY_MS * 3 / 4; retries-->0; ) {
+            try { delay(1); }
+            catch (InterruptedException fail) {
+                fail("Unexpected InterruptedException");
+            }
+            Thread.State s = thread.getState();
+            if (s == expected)
+                return;
+            else if (s == Thread.State.TERMINATED)
+                fail("Unexpected thread termination");
+        }
+        fail("timed out waiting for thread to enter thread state " + expected);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Checks that thread does not terminate within the default
      * millisecond delay of {@code timeoutMillis()}.
+     * TODO: REMOVEME
      */
     void assertThreadStaysAlive(Thread thread) {
         assertThreadStaysAlive(thread, timeoutMillis());
@@ -1072,6 +1093,7 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
 
     /**
      * Checks that thread does not terminate within the given millisecond delay.
+     * TODO: REMOVEME
      */
     void assertThreadStaysAlive(Thread thread, long millis) {
         try {
@@ -1086,6 +1108,7 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
     /**
      * Checks that the threads do not terminate within the default
      * millisecond delay of {@code timeoutMillis()}.
+     * TODO: REMOVEME
      */
     void assertThreadsStayAlive(Thread... threads) {
         assertThreadsStayAlive(timeoutMillis(), threads);
@@ -1093,6 +1116,7 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
 
     /**
      * Checks that the threads do not terminate within the given millisecond delay.
+     * TODO: REMOVEME
      */
     void assertThreadsStayAlive(long millis, Thread... threads) {
         try {
@@ -1615,6 +1639,14 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
         } catch (Throwable fail) {
             threadUnexpectedException(fail);
         }
+    }
+
+    public void await(CyclicBarrier barrier) {
+        try {
+            barrier.await(LONG_DELAY_MS, MILLISECONDS);
+        } catch (Throwable fail) {
+            threadUnexpectedException(fail);
+        }
     }
 
 //     /**