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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002 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 4687909
+ * @summary Check Inet6Address.hashCode returns a reasonable spread of hash
+ *          codes.
+ */
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+public class HashSpread {
+
+    static Random r = new Random();
+
+    /**
+     * Generate and return a random IPv6 address.
+     */
+    static InetAddress randomIPv6Adress() {
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+
+        for (int i=0; i<8; i++) {
+
+            if (i > 0)
+                sb.append(":");
+
+            for (int j=0; j<4; j++) {
+                int v = r.nextInt(16);
+                if (v < 10) {
+                    sb.append(Integer.toString(v));
+                } else {
+                    char c = (char) ('A' + v - 10);
+                    sb.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            return InetAddress.getByName(sb.toString());
+        } catch (UnknownHostException x) {
+            throw new Error("Internal error in test");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+
+        int iterations = 10000;
+        if (args.length > 0) {
+            iterations = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
+        }
+
+        int MIN_SHORT = (int)Short.MIN_VALUE;
+        int MAX_SHORT = (int)Short.MAX_VALUE;
+
+        /*
+         * Iterate through 10k hash codes and count the number
+         * in the MIN_SHORT-MAX_SHORT range.
+         */
+        int narrow = 0;
+        for (int i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
+            int hc = randomIPv6Adress().hashCode();
+            if (hc >= MIN_SHORT && hc <= MAX_SHORT) {
+                narrow++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * If >85% of hash codes in the range then fail.
+         */
+        double percent = (double)narrow / (double)iterations * 100.0;
+        if (percent > 85.0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(percent + " of hash codes were in " +
+                MIN_SHORT + " to " + MAX_SHORT  + " range.");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}