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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
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+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4925483
+ * @summary RFE: equals() should compare string in Encoding and Type
+ */
+public class EncodingEquals {
+
+    public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception {
+         // first test that we can create our own encoding
+         // (the constructor was made public)
+         AudioFormat.Encoding myType = new AudioFormat.Encoding("PCM_SIGNED");
+
+         // then check if this one equals this new one
+         // with the static instance in AudioFormat.Encoding
+         if (!myType.equals(AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED)) {
+             throw new Exception("Encodings do not equal!");
+         }
+    }
+}