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+/*
+ * Copyright 2001 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 4404718
+ * @summary Make sure that a CertPath object can be serialized
+ */
+import java.io.*;
+import java.security.cert.*;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+public class Serialize {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+
+        // create a certpath consisting of one certificate
+        File f = new File(System.getProperty("test.src", "."), "cert_file");
+        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
+        CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
+        Certificate c = cf.generateCertificate(fis);
+        fis.close();
+        CertPath outcp = cf.generateCertPath(Collections.singletonList(c));
+
+        // serialize certpath and write it out
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("certpath.ser");
+        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
+        oos.writeObject(outcp);
+        oos.flush();
+        oos.close();
+        fos.close();
+
+        // read certpath in and deserialize
+        FileInputStream cfis = new FileInputStream("certpath.ser");
+        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(cfis);
+        CertPath incp = (CertPath)ois.readObject();
+        ois.close();
+        cfis.close();
+
+        if (!incp.equals(outcp))
+            throw new Exception("CertPath serialization test FAILED");
+    }
+}