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/* @test

   @bug 4089062

   @summary A String created from a StringBuffer can be overwritten

   if setLength() to a value less than the buffer length is called

   on the StringBuffer and then the StringBuffer is appended to.

   @author Robert Field

*/

public class SetLength {

    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {

        StringBuffer active = new StringBuffer();

        active.append("first one");

        String a = active.toString();

        active.setLength(0);

        active.append("second");

        String b = active.toString();

        active.setLength(0);

        System.out.println("first: " + a);

        System.out.println("second: " + b);

        if (!a.equals("first one")) {

            throw new Exception("StringBuffer.setLength() overwrote string");

        }

    }

}