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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 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
+ * @summary Tests <char> element
+ * @author Sergey Malenkov
+ */
+
+import java.beans.XMLDecoder;
+
+public final class TestChar extends AbstractTest {
+    public static final String XML
+            = "<java>\n"
+            + " <char>X</char>\n"
+            + " <char code=\"#20\"/>\n"
+            + "</java>";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new TestChar().test(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void validate(XMLDecoder decoder) {
+        if (!decoder.readObject().equals(Character.valueOf('X'))) {
+            throw new Error("unexpected character");
+        }
+        if (!decoder.readObject().equals(Character.valueOf((char) 0x20))) {
+            throw new Error("unexpected character code");
+        }
+    }
+}