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+++ b/test/jdk/java/io/Serializable/oldTests/CircularList.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @summary it is new version of old test which was
+ *          /src/share/test/serialization/piotest.java
+ *          Test of serialization/deserialization of
+ *          objects with CircularListType types
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class CircularList {
+   public static void main (String argv[]) throws IOException {
+       System.err.println("\nRegression test for testing of " +
+            "serialization/deserialization of " +
+            "objects with CirculalListType types \n");
+
+       FileInputStream istream = null;
+       FileOutputStream ostream = null;
+       try {
+           ostream = new FileOutputStream("piotest7.tmp");
+           ObjectOutputStream p = new ObjectOutputStream(ostream);
+
+           CircularListTest.setup();
+           p.writeObject(CircularListTest.list);
+           p.flush();
+
+           istream = new FileInputStream("piotest7.tmp");
+           ObjectInputStream q = new ObjectInputStream(istream);
+
+           CircularListTest cv = (CircularListTest)q.readObject();
+           if (cv != cv.next) {
+               System.err.println("\nTEST FAILED: " +
+                    "Circular List Test failed, next != self");
+               throw new Error();
+           }
+           System.err.println("\nTEST PASSED");
+       } catch (Exception e) {
+           System.err.print("TEST FAILED: ");
+           e.printStackTrace();
+           throw new Error();
+        } finally {
+           if (istream != null) istream.close();
+           if (ostream != null) ostream.close();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class CircularListTest implements java.io.Serializable {
+    public CircularListTest next = null;
+    public static CircularListTest list = null;
+
+    public static void setup() {
+        list = new CircularListTest();
+        list.next = list;
+    }
+}