--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/java/text/Format/common/Bug6215962.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 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
+ * @bug 6215962
+ * @summary Confirm that replacing Utility.arayEquals methods have with
+ * Arrays.equals introduces no problem.
+ */
+import java.text.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class Bug6215962 {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        testMessageFormat();
+        testChoiceFormat();
+        testDateFormatSymbols();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test cases for MessageFormat
+     */
+    static void testMessageFormat() {
+        MessageFormat mf1 = new MessageFormat("{0}", null);
+        MessageFormat mf2 = new MessageFormat("{0}", null);
+        check(mf1, mf2, true);
+
+        mf1.setLocale(null);
+        check(mf1, mf2, true);
+
+        mf1 = new MessageFormat("{0}", Locale.US);
+        check(mf1, mf2, false);
+
+        mf2 = new MessageFormat("{0}", Locale.JAPAN);
+        check(mf1, mf2, false);
+
+        mf1 = new MessageFormat("{0}", new Locale("ja", "JP"));
+        check(mf1, mf2, true);
+
+        mf1.setLocale(null);
+        check(mf1, mf2, false);
+
+        mf1 = new MessageFormat("{0}", new Locale("ja", "JP", "FOO"));
+        check(mf1, mf2, false);
+
+        mf2 = new MessageFormat("{1}", new Locale("ja", "JP", "FOO"));
+        check(mf1, mf2, false);
+
+        mf1 = new MessageFormat("{1}", new Locale("ja", "JP", "FOO"));
+        check(mf1, mf2, true);
+
+        mf1 = new MessageFormat("{1, date}", new Locale("ja", "JP", "FOO"));
+        check(mf1, mf2, false);
+
+        mf2 = new MessageFormat("{1, date}", new Locale("ja", "JP", "FOO"));
+        check(mf1, mf2, true);
+    }
+
+    static void check(MessageFormat f1, MessageFormat f2, boolean expected) {
+        boolean got = f1.equals(f2);
+        if (got != expected) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test failed for MessageFormat.equals(). Got: " + got + ", Expected: " + expected);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test cases for MessageFormat
+     */
+    static void testChoiceFormat() {
+        double[] limits0 = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6};
+        double[] limits1 = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7};
+        String[] monthNames0 = {"Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"};
+        String[] monthNames1 = {"Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thur","Fri","Sat"};
+
+        ChoiceFormat cf1 = new ChoiceFormat(limits1, monthNames0);
+        ChoiceFormat cf2 = new ChoiceFormat(limits1, monthNames0);
+        check(cf1, cf2, true);
+
+        cf2 = new ChoiceFormat(limits0, monthNames0);
+        check(cf1, cf2, false);
+
+        cf2 = new ChoiceFormat(limits1, monthNames1);
+        check(cf1, cf2, false);
+    }
+
+    static void check(ChoiceFormat f1, ChoiceFormat f2, boolean expected) {
+        boolean got = f1.equals(f2);
+        if (got != expected) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test failed for ChoiceFormat.equals(). Got: " + got + ", Expected: " + expected);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test cases for DateFormatSymbols
+     */
+    static void testDateFormatSymbols() {
+        DateFormatSymbols dfs1 = new DateFormatSymbols();
+        DateFormatSymbols dfs2 = new DateFormatSymbols();
+        check(dfs1, dfs2, true);
+
+        // Becase eras, months, shortmonths, weekdays, shortweekdays, ampms are
+        // the same data type (String[]) and are treated in the same way, here
+        // I test only Months.
+        String[] tmp = dfs1.getMonths();
+        String saved = tmp[0];
+        tmp[0] = "Foo";
+        dfs1.setMonths(tmp);
+        check(dfs1, dfs2, false);
+
+        tmp[0] = saved;
+        dfs1.setMonths(tmp);
+        check(dfs1, dfs2, true);
+
+        // Test LocalizedpatternChars (String)
+        String pattern = dfs2.getLocalPatternChars();
+        dfs2.setLocalPatternChars("Bar");
+        check(dfs1, dfs2, false);
+
+        dfs2.setLocalPatternChars(pattern);
+        check(dfs1, dfs2, true);
+
+        // Test TimeZone strings (String[][])
+        String[][] zones = dfs1.getZoneStrings();
+        saved = zones[0][1];
+        zones[0][1] = "Yokohama Summer Time";
+        dfs1.setZoneStrings(zones);
+        check(dfs1, dfs2, false);
+
+        zones[0][1] = saved;
+        dfs1.setZoneStrings(zones);
+        check(dfs1, dfs2, true);
+    }
+
+    static void check(DateFormatSymbols dfs1, DateFormatSymbols dfs2, boolean expected) {
+        boolean got = dfs1.equals(dfs2);
+        if (got != expected) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test failed for DateFormatSymbols.equals(). Got: " + got + ", Expected: " + expected);
+        }
+    }
+}