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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 <var> element
+ * @author Sergey Malenkov
+ */
+
+import java.beans.XMLDecoder;
+
+public final class TestVar extends AbstractTest {
+    public static final String XML
+            = "<java id=\"decoder\">\n"
+            + " <var idref=\"decoder\"/>\n"
+            + " <var id=\"another\" idref=\"decoder\"/>\n"
+            + " <var idref=\"another\"/>\n"
+            + " <var id=\"decoder\" idref=\"another\"/>\n"
+            + " <var idref=\"decoder\"/>\n"
+            + "</java>";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new TestVar().test(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void validate(XMLDecoder decoder) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            if (decoder != decoder.readObject()) {
+                throw new Error("decoder instance expected");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}