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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999 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 4288198
+ * @summary Killing a Timer thread causes the Timer to fail silently on
+ *          subsequent use.
+ */
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class KillThread {
+    public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception  {
+        Timer t = new Timer();
+
+        // Start a mean event that kills the timer thread
+        t.schedule(new TimerTask() {
+            public void run() {
+                throw new ThreadDeath();
+            }
+        }, 0);
+
+        // Wait for mean event to do the deed and thread to die.
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(100);
+        } catch(InterruptedException e) {
+        }
+
+        // Try to start another event
+        try {
+            // Timer thread is dead now
+            t.schedule(new TimerTask() {
+                public void run() {
+                }
+            }, 0);
+            throw new Exception("We failed silently");
+        } catch(IllegalStateException e) {
+            // Killing the Timer thread is equivalent to cancelling the Timer
+        }
+    }
+}