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+/*
+ * Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 4404696
+ *
+ * @clean Write Read Foo Bar
+ * @compile Write.java
+ * @run main Write
+ * @clean Write Read Foo Bar
+ * @compile Read.java
+ * @run main Read
+ *
+ * @summary Verify that serialization does not require matching type strings
+ *          for non-primitive fields.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This test should be removed if it is determined that serialization
+ * *should* consider type strings when matching non-primitive fields.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+class Foo implements Serializable {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+    Object obj;
+
+    Foo(Object obj) {
+        this.obj = obj;
+    }
+}
+
+class Bar implements Serializable {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+    int q;
+}
+
+public class Write {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        ObjectOutputStream oout =
+            new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("foo.ser"));
+        oout.writeObject(new Foo("foo"));
+        oout.writeObject(new Foo(new Integer(0)));
+        oout.close();
+
+        oout = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("bar.ser"));
+        oout.writeObject(new Bar());
+        oout.close();
+    }
+}