diff -r 1b6a91197762 -r 99e027461f4a jdk/test/java/io/Serializable/failureAtomicity/SerialRef.java
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+++ b/jdk/test/java/io/Serializable/failureAtomicity/SerialRef.java	Wed Jun 03 15:30:44 2015 +0100
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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
+ * 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package failureAtomicity;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+// For verification purposes only.
+
+public class SerialRef implements Serializable {
+    static final long serialVersionUID = -0L;
+    public static Object obj;
+
+    private final Object ref;
+
+    public SerialRef(Object ref) {
+        this.ref = ref;
+    }
+
+    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in)
+            throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        in.defaultReadObject();
+        SerialRef.obj = ref;
+    }
+}