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+package codechicken.multipart.asm;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import codechicken.multipart.asm.ScalaSignature.Bytes;
+import codechicken.multipart.asm.ScalaSignature.SymbolRef;
+import codechicken.multipart.asm.ScalaSignature.TMethodType;
+
+class ScalaSignatureMethodSymbolStringTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void formatsConcreteMethodSymbolsWithTheFixedProductName() {
+        ScalaSignature sig = signature();
+        SymbolRef owner = sig.new ExternalSymbol("pkg.Owner");
+        assertEquals("MethodSymbol(run,pkg.Owner,200,7)", sig.new MethodSymbol("run", owner, 0x200, 7).toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void formatsValuesLiterallyWithLowercaseTwosComplementHexadecimalFlags() {
+        ScalaSignature sig = signature();
+        Object[][] cases = { { "a,b(c)", null, 15, -12, "MethodSymbol(a,b(c),null,f,-12)" },
+                { null, sig.NoSymbol(), -1, Integer.MIN_VALUE, "MethodSymbol(null,NoSymbol,ffffffff,-2147483648)" },
+                { "", sig.new ExternalSymbol(""), Integer.MIN_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE,
+                        "MethodSymbol(,,80000000,2147483647)" } };
+        for (Object[] c : cases) {
+            assertEquals(
+                    c[4],
+                    sig.new MethodSymbol((String) c[0], (SymbolRef) c[1], (Integer) c[2], (Integer) c[3]).toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void anonymousSubclassesStillUseTheFixedMethodSymbolPrefix() {
+        ScalaSignature sig = signature();
+        ScalaSignature.MethodSymbol symbol = sig.new MethodSymbol("Name", null, 0, 0) {};
+        assertFalse(symbol.getClass().getName().endsWith("$MethodSymbol"));
+        assertEquals("MethodSymbol(Name,null,0,0)", symbol.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void readsVirtualFieldsOnceInTheirOriginalOrderOnEveryQuery() {
+        ScalaSignature sig = signature();
+        List<String> calls = new ArrayList<>();
+        int[] query = { 0 };
+        ScalaSignature.MethodSymbol symbol = sig.new MethodSymbol(null, null, 0, 0) {
+
+            @Override
+            public String name() {
+                calls.add("name");
+                return "Name" + query[0];
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public SymbolRef owner() {
+                calls.add("owner");
+                return sig.new ExternalSymbol("Owner" + query[0]);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int flags() {
+                calls.add("flags");
+                return query[0];
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int infoId() {
+                calls.add("infoId");
+                return query[0]++;
+            }
+        };
+        assertEquals("MethodSymbol(Name0,Owner0,0,0)", symbol.toString());
+        assertEquals("MethodSymbol(Name1,Owner1,1,1)", symbol.toString());
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("name", "owner", "flags", "infoId", "name", "owner", "flags", "infoId"), calls);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ownerFormattingHappensAfterTheOwnerGetterAndAcceptsANullResult() {
+        ScalaSignature sig = signature();
+        List<String> calls = new ArrayList<>();
+        SymbolRef owner = sig.new ExternalSymbol("unused") {
+
+            @Override
+            public String toString() {
+                calls.add("owner.toString");
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+        ScalaSignature.MethodSymbol symbol = sig.new MethodSymbol("Name", null, 0, 1) {
+
+            @Override
+            public SymbolRef owner() {
+                calls.add("owner");
+                return owner;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int flags() {
+                calls.add("flags");
+                return 0;
+            }
+        };
+        assertEquals("MethodSymbol(Name,null,0,1)", symbol.toString());
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("owner", "owner.toString", "flags"), calls);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void failuresPropagateAtEachGetterAndDuringOwnerFormattingWithoutLaterReads() {
+        ScalaSignature sig = signature();
+        List<String> order = Arrays.asList("name", "owner", "owner.toString", "flags", "infoId");
+        RuntimeException failure = new IllegalStateException("method symbol string getter");
+        for (String failing : order) {
+            List<String> calls = new ArrayList<>();
+            SymbolRef owner = sig.new ExternalSymbol("unused") {
+
+                @Override
+                public String toString() {
+                    return read(calls, "owner.toString", "Owner", failing, failure);
+                }
+            };
+            ScalaSignature.MethodSymbol symbol = sig.new MethodSymbol(null, null, 0, 0) {
+
+                @Override
+                public String name() {
+                    return read(calls, "name", "Name", failing, failure);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public SymbolRef owner() {
+                    return read(calls, "owner", owner, failing, failure);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int flags() {
+                    return read(calls, "flags", 15, failing, failure);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int infoId() {
+                    return read(calls, "infoId", 4, failing, failure);
+                }
+            };
+            assertSame(failure, assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, symbol::toString));
+            assertEquals(order.subList(0, order.indexOf(failing) + 1), calls);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void formattingDoesNotReadDerivedSymbolOrMethodInformation() {
+        ScalaSignature sig = signature();
+        ScalaSignature.MethodSymbol symbol = sig.new MethodSymbol("Name", null, 0, -1) {
+
+            @Override
+            public String full() {
+                throw new AssertionError("full");
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public TMethodType info() {
+                throw new AssertionError("info");
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String jDesc() {
+                throw new AssertionError("jDesc");
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean hasFlag(int flag) {
+                throw new AssertionError("hasFlag");
+            }
+        };
+        assertEquals("MethodSymbol(Name,null,0,-1)", symbol.toString());
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T read(List<String> calls, String name, T value, String failing, RuntimeException failure) {
+        calls.add(name);
+        if (name.equals(failing)) throw failure;
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    private static ScalaSignature signature() {
+        return new ScalaSignature(new Bytes(new byte[] { 5, 0, 0 }, 0, 3));
+    }
+}