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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 4253590
+ * @summary Verify that non-static constant fields are initialized correctly.
+ *          Also, while a runtime initialization is required, verify that
+ *          references to such fields via a simple variable are correctly
+ *          recognized as constant expressions.
+ * @author maddox (adapted from bug report)
+ *
+ * @run compile ConstValInit.java
+ * @run main ConstValInit
+ */
+
+public class ConstValInit {
+
+    public final String fnl_str = "Test string";
+
+    public final int fnl_int = 1;
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+
+        Class checksClass = Class.forName("ConstValInit");
+        ConstValInit checksObject = (ConstValInit)(checksClass.newInstance());
+        String reflected_fnl_str = (String)checksClass.getField("fnl_str").get(checksObject);
+        if (!checksObject.fnl_str.equals(reflected_fnl_str)) {
+            throw new Exception("FAILED: ordinary and reflected field values differ");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    void foo() {
+        // Statement below will not compile if fnl_int is not recognized
+        // as a constant expression.
+        switch (1) {
+            case fnl_int: break;
+        }
+    }
+
+}