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+++ b/test/jdk/java/text/Format/MessageFormat/MessageTest.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, 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
+ * @library /java/text/testlib
+ * @summary test MessageFormat
+ */
+/*
+(C) Copyright Taligent, Inc. 1996 - All Rights Reserved
+(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 - All Rights Reserved
+
+  The original version of this source code and documentation is copyrighted and
+owned by Taligent, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBM. These materials are
+provided under terms of a License Agreement between Taligent and Sun. This
+technology is protected by multiple US and International patents. This notice and
+attribution to Taligent may not be removed.
+  Taligent is a registered trademark of Taligent, Inc.
+*/
+
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.text.*;
+
+public class MessageTest extends IntlTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new MessageTest().run(args);
+    }
+
+
+   public void TestMSGPatternTest() {
+        Object[] testArgs = {
+             1D, 3456D,
+            "Disk", new Date(10000000000L)};
+
+        String[] testCases = {
+           "Quotes '', '{', 'a' {0} '{0}'",
+           "Quotes '', '{', 'a' {0,number} '{0}'",
+           "'{'1,number,'#',##} {1,number,'#',##}",
+           "There are {1} files on {2} at {3}",
+           "On {2}, there are {1} files, with {0,number,currency}.",
+           "'{1,number,percent}', {1,number,percent}, ",
+           "'{1,date,full}', {1,date,full}, ",
+           "'{3,date,full}', {3,date,full}, ",
+           "'{1,number,#,##}' {1,number,#,##}",
+        };
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < testCases.length; ++i) {
+            Locale save = Locale.getDefault();
+            try {
+                Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);
+                logln("");
+                logln( i + " Pat in:  " + testCases[i]);
+                MessageFormat form = new MessageFormat(testCases[i]);
+                logln( i + " Pat out: " + form.toPattern());
+                String result = form.format(testArgs);
+                logln( i + " Result:  " + result);
+                Object[] values = form.parse(result);
+                for (int j = 0; j < testArgs.length; ++j) {
+                    Object testArg = testArgs[j];
+                    Object value = null;
+                    if (j < values.length) {
+                        value = values[j];
+                    }
+                    if ((testArg == null && value != null)
+                        || (testArg != null && !testArg.equals(value))) {
+                       logln( i + " " + j + " old: " + testArg);
+                       logln( i + " " + j + " new: " + value);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch(java.text.ParseException pe ) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Error: MessageFormat.parse throws ParseException");
+            }
+            finally{
+                Locale.setDefault(save);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}