diff -r fd16c54261b3 -r 90ce3da70b43 jdk/test/java/net/URL/ParseAuthority.java
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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 4480308
+ * @summary URL is not throwinng exception for wrong URL format.
+ *
+ */
+
+import java.net.*;
+
+public class ParseAuthority {
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        try {
+            URL u1 = new URL("http://[fe80::]9999/path1/path2/");
+            throw new RuntimeException("URL parser didn't catch" +
+                                       " invalid authority field");
+        } catch (MalformedURLException me) {
+            if (!me.getMessage().startsWith("Invalid authority field")) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("URL parser didn't catch" +
+                                       " invalid authority field");
+            }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            URL u2 = new URL("http://[www.sun.com]:9999/path1/path2/");
+            throw new RuntimeException("URL parser didn't catch" +
+                                       " invalid host");
+        } catch (MalformedURLException me) {
+            if (!me.getMessage().startsWith("Invalid host")) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("URL parser didn't catch" +
+                                       " invalid host");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}