8048123: Replace calendars.properties with another mechanism to specify a new Japanese calendar era
authorokutsu
Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:04:26 +0900
changeset 25966 71ee1f15845e
parent 25851 cd6f4557e7fe
child 25967 0060a996fe1c
8048123: Replace calendars.properties with another mechanism to specify a new Japanese calendar era Reviewed-by: naoto, alanb
jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/JapaneseImperialCalendar.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/util/calendar/Era.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/util/calendar/LocalGregorianCalendar.java
jdk/src/share/lib/calendars.properties
jdk/test/java/util/Calendar/SupplementalJapaneseEraTest.java
jdk/test/java/util/Calendar/SupplementalJapaneseEraTest.sh
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/JapaneseImperialCalendar.java	Wed Jul 05 19:53:51 2017 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/JapaneseImperialCalendar.java	Thu Aug 07 13:04:26 2014 +0900
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2014, 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
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@
 import sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo;
 
 /**
- * <code>JapaneseImperialCalendar</code> implements a Japanese
+ * {@code JapaneseImperialCalendar} implements a Japanese
  * calendar system in which the imperial era-based year numbering is
  * supported from the Meiji era. The following are the eras supported
  * by this calendar system.
- * <pre><tt>
+ * <pre>{@code
  * ERA value   Era name    Since (in Gregorian)
  * ------------------------------------------------------
  *     0       N/A         N/A
- *     1       Meiji       1868-01-01 midnight local time
- *     2       Taisho      1912-07-30 midnight local time
- *     3       Showa       1926-12-25 midnight local time
- *     4       Heisei      1989-01-08 midnight local time
+ *     1       Meiji       1868-01-01T00:00:00 local time
+ *     2       Taisho      1912-07-30T00:00:00 local time
+ *     3       Showa       1926-12-25T00:00:00 local time
+ *     4       Heisei      1989-01-08T00:00:00 local time
  * ------------------------------------------------------
- * </tt></pre>
+ * }</pre>
  *
  * <p><code>ERA</code> value 0 specifies the years before Meiji and
  * the Gregorian year values are used. Unlike {@link
@@ -63,6 +63,31 @@
  * with time differences for applying the era transitions. This
  * calendar implementation assumes local time for all transitions.
  *
+ * <p>A new era can be specified using property
+ * jdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era. The new era is added to the
+ * predefined eras. The syntax of the property is as follows.
+ * <p><pre>
+ *   {@code name=<name>,abbr=<abbr>,since=<time['u']>}
+ * </pre>
+ * where
+ * <dl>
+ * <dt>{@code <name>:}<dd>the full name of the new era (non-ASCII characters allowed)
+ * <dt>{@code <abbr>:}<dd>the abbreviation of the new era (non-ASCII characters allowed)
+ * <dt>{@code <time['u']>:}<dd>the start time of the new era represented by
+ * milliseconds from 1970-01-01T00:00:00 local time or UTC if {@code 'u'} is
+ * appended to the milliseconds value. (ASCII digits only)
+ * </dl>
+ *
+ * <p>If the given era is invalid, such as the since value before the
+ * beginning of the last predefined era, the given era will be
+ * ignored.
+ *
+ * <p>The following is an example of the property usage.
+ * <p><pre>
+ *   java -Djdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era="name=NewEra,abbr=N,since=253374307200000"
+ * </pre>
+ * The property specifies an era change to NewEra at 9999-02-11T00:00:00 local time.
+ *
  * @author Masayoshi Okutsu
  * @since 1.6
  */
@@ -102,7 +127,6 @@
     public static final int HEISEI = 4;
 
     private static final int EPOCH_OFFSET   = 719163; // Fixed date of January 1, 1970 (Gregorian)
-    private static final int EPOCH_YEAR     = 1970;
 
     // Useful millisecond constants.  Although ONE_DAY and ONE_WEEK can fit
     // into ints, they must be longs in order to prevent arithmetic overflow
@@ -111,7 +135,6 @@
     private static final int  ONE_MINUTE = 60*ONE_SECOND;
     private static final int  ONE_HOUR   = 60*ONE_MINUTE;
     private static final long ONE_DAY    = 24*ONE_HOUR;
-    private static final long ONE_WEEK   = 7*ONE_DAY;
 
     // Reference to the sun.util.calendar.LocalGregorianCalendar instance (singleton).
     private static final LocalGregorianCalendar jcal
@@ -217,6 +240,7 @@
     };
 
     // Proclaim serialization compatibility with JDK 1.6
+    @SuppressWarnings("FieldNameHidesFieldInSuperclass")
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -3364572813905467929L;
 
     static {
@@ -340,6 +364,7 @@
      * <code>false</code> otherwise.
      * @see Calendar#compareTo(Calendar)
      */
+    @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return obj instanceof JapaneseImperialCalendar &&
             super.equals(obj);
@@ -349,6 +374,7 @@
      * Generates the hash code for this
      * <code>JapaneseImperialCalendar</code> object.
      */
+    @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         return super.hashCode() ^ jdate.hashCode();
     }
@@ -381,6 +407,7 @@
      * or if any calendar fields have out-of-range values in
      * non-lenient mode.
      */
+    @Override
     public void add(int field, int amount) {
         // If amount == 0, do nothing even the given field is out of
         // range. This is tested by JCK.
@@ -509,6 +536,7 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void roll(int field, boolean up) {
         roll(field, up ? +1 : -1);
     }
@@ -533,6 +561,7 @@
      * @see #add(int,int)
      * @see #set(int,int)
      */
+    @Override
     public void roll(int field, int amount) {
         // If amount == 0, do nothing even the given field is out of
         // range. This is tested by JCK.
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/util/calendar/Era.java	Wed Jul 05 19:53:51 2017 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/util/calendar/Era.java	Thu Aug 07 13:04:26 2014 +0900
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2014, 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
@@ -41,20 +41,15 @@
  * <code>CalendarDate</code>.
  *
  * <p>The following era names are defined in this release.
- * <!-- TODO: use HTML table -->
- * <pre><tt>
+ * <pre>{@code
  *   Calendar system         Era name         Since (in Gregorian)
  *   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *   Japanese calendar       Meiji            1868-01-01 midnight local time
- *                           Taisho           1912-07-30 midnight local time
- *                           Showa            1926-12-26 midnight local time
- *                           Heisei           1989-01-08 midnight local time
- *   Julian calendar         BeforeCommonEra  -292275055-05-16T16:47:04.192Z
- *                           CommonEra        0000-12-30 midnight local time
- *   Taiwanese calendar      MinGuo           1911-01-01 midnight local time
- *   Thai Buddhist calendar  BuddhistEra      -543-01-01 midnight local time
+ *   Japanese calendar       Meiji            1868-01-01T00:00:00 local time
+ *                           Taisho           1912-07-30T00:00:00 local time
+ *                           Showa            1926-12-25T00:00:00 local time
+ *                           Heisei           1989-01-08T00:00:00 local time
  *   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- * </tt></pre>
+ * }</pre>
  *
  * @author Masayoshi Okutsu
  * @since 1.5
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/util/calendar/LocalGregorianCalendar.java	Wed Jul 05 19:53:51 2017 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/util/calendar/LocalGregorianCalendar.java	Thu Aug 07 13:04:26 2014 +0900
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2014, 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
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@
 
 package sun.util.calendar;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +35,28 @@
  */
 
 public class LocalGregorianCalendar extends BaseCalendar {
+    private static final Era[] JAPANESE_ERAS = {
+        new Era("Meiji",  "M", -3218832000000L, true),
+        new Era("Taisho", "T", -1812153600000L, true),
+        new Era("Showa",  "S", -1357603200000L, true),
+        new Era("Heisei", "H",   600220800000L, true),
+    };
+
+    private static boolean isValidEra(Era newEra, Era[] eras) {
+        Era last = eras[eras.length - 1];
+        if (last.getSinceDate().getYear() >= newEra.getSinceDate().getYear()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // The new era name should be unique. Its abbr may not.
+        String newName = newEra.getName();
+        for (Era era : eras) {
+            if (era.getName().equals(newName)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private String name;
     private Era[] eras;
 
@@ -118,58 +136,70 @@
     }
 
     static LocalGregorianCalendar getLocalGregorianCalendar(String name) {
-        Properties calendarProps;
-        try {
-            calendarProps = CalendarSystem.getCalendarProperties();
-        } catch (IOException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            throw new InternalError(e);
-        }
-        // Parse calendar.*.eras
-        String props = calendarProps.getProperty("calendar." + name + ".eras");
-        if (props == null) {
+        // Only the Japanese calendar is supported.
+        if (!"japanese".equals(name)) {
             return null;
         }
-        List<Era> eras = new ArrayList<>();
-        StringTokenizer eraTokens = new StringTokenizer(props, ";");
-        while (eraTokens.hasMoreTokens()) {
-            String items = eraTokens.nextToken().trim();
-            StringTokenizer itemTokens = new StringTokenizer(items, ",");
-            String eraName = null;
-            boolean localTime = true;
-            long since = 0;
-            String abbr = null;
+
+        // Append an era to the predefined eras if it's given by the property.
+        String prop = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction("jdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era"));
+        if (prop != null) {
+            Era era = parseEraEntry(prop);
+            if (era != null) {
+                if (isValidEra(era, JAPANESE_ERAS)) {
+                    int length = JAPANESE_ERAS.length;
+                    Era[] eras = new Era[length + 1];
+                    System.arraycopy(JAPANESE_ERAS, 0, eras, 0, length);
+                    eras[length] = era;
+                    return new LocalGregorianCalendar(name, eras);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return new LocalGregorianCalendar(name, JAPANESE_ERAS);
+    }
 
-            while (itemTokens.hasMoreTokens()) {
-                String item = itemTokens.nextToken();
-                int index = item.indexOf('=');
-                // it must be in the key=value form.
-                if (index == -1) {
+    private static Era parseEraEntry(String entry) {
+        String[] keyValuePairs = entry.split(",");
+        String eraName = null;
+        boolean localTime = true;
+        long since = 0;
+        String abbr = null;
+
+        for (String item : keyValuePairs) {
+            String[] keyvalue = item.split("=");
+            if (keyvalue.length != 2) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            String key = keyvalue[0].trim();
+            String value = keyvalue[1].trim();
+            switch (key) {
+            case "name":
+                eraName = value;
+                break;
+            case "since":
+                if (value.endsWith("u")) {
+                    localTime = false;
+                    value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 1);
+                }
+                try {
+                    since = Long.parseLong(value);
+                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                     return null;
                 }
-                String key = item.substring(0, index);
-                String value = item.substring(index + 1);
-                if ("name".equals(key)) {
-                    eraName = value;
-                } else if ("since".equals(key)) {
-                    if (value.endsWith("u")) {
-                        localTime = false;
-                        since = Long.parseLong(value.substring(0, value.length() - 1));
-                    } else {
-                        since = Long.parseLong(value);
-                    }
-                } else if ("abbr".equals(key)) {
-                    abbr = value;
-                } else {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("Unknown key word: " + key);
-                }
+                break;
+            case "abbr":
+                abbr = value;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return null;
             }
-            Era era = new Era(eraName, abbr, since, localTime);
-            eras.add(era);
         }
-        Era[] eraArray = new Era[eras.size()];
-        eras.toArray(eraArray);
-
-        return new LocalGregorianCalendar(name, eraArray);
+        if (eraName == null || eraName.isEmpty()
+                || abbr == null || abbr.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return new Era(eraName, abbr, since, localTime);
     }
 
     private LocalGregorianCalendar(String name, Era[] eras) {
@@ -262,9 +292,8 @@
     }
 
     private boolean validateEra(Era era) {
-        // Validate the era
-        for (int i = 0; i < eras.length; i++) {
-            if (era == eras[i]) {
+        for (Era era1 : eras) {
+            if (era == era1) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -333,6 +362,7 @@
         }
         if (i >= 0) {
             ldate.setLocalEra(era);
+            @SuppressWarnings("null")
             int y = ldate.getNormalizedYear() - era.getSinceDate().getYear() + 1;
             ldate.setLocalYear(y);
         } else {
--- a/jdk/src/share/lib/calendars.properties	Wed Jul 05 19:53:51 2017 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/share/lib/calendars.properties	Thu Aug 07 13:04:26 2014 +0900
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2005, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2005, 2014, 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
@@ -23,37 +23,6 @@
 #
 
 #
-# Japanese imperial calendar
-#
-#   Meiji  since 1868-01-01 00:00:00 local time (Gregorian)
-#   Taisho since 1912-07-30 00:00:00 local time (Gregorian)
-#   Showa  since 1926-12-25 00:00:00 local time (Gregorian)
-#   Heisei since 1989-01-08 00:00:00 local time (Gregorian)
-calendar.japanese.type: LocalGregorianCalendar
-calendar.japanese.eras: \
-	name=Meiji,abbr=M,since=-3218832000000;  \
-	name=Taisho,abbr=T,since=-1812153600000; \
-	name=Showa,abbr=S,since=-1357603200000;  \
-	name=Heisei,abbr=H,since=600220800000
-
-#
-# Taiwanese calendar
-#   Minguo since 1911-01-01 00:00:00 local time (Gregorian)
-calendar.taiwanese.type: LocalGregorianCalendar
-calendar.taiwanese.eras: \
-	name=MinGuo,since=-1830384000000
-
-#
-# Thai Buddhist calendar
-#   Buddhist Era since -542-01-01 00:00:00 local time (Gregorian)
-calendar.thai-buddhist.type: LocalGregorianCalendar
-calendar.thai-buddhist.eras: \
-	name=BuddhistEra,abbr=B.E.,since=-79302585600000
-calendar.thai-buddhist.year-boundary: \
-	day1=4-1,since=-79302585600000; \
-	day1=1-1,since=-915148800000
-
-#
 # Hijrah calendars
 #
 calendar.hijrah.Hijrah-umalqura: hijrah-config-umalqura.properties
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/util/Calendar/SupplementalJapaneseEraTest.java	Thu Aug 07 13:04:26 2014 +0900
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ */
+
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.chrono.JapaneseDate;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
+import static java.util.GregorianCalendar.*;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+/*
+ * Usage:
+ *   java SupplementalJapaneseEraTest <flag>
+ *    <flag>
+ *      -s   prints start time for a test era
+ *      -e   prints the English name of the last predefined era
+ *
+ *   java -Djdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era=... SupplementalJapaneseEraTest <flag>
+ *      -t   executes tests with a valid property value
+ *      -b <eraname>
+ *           executes tests with an invalid property value
+ *           <eraname> must be the output with -e
+ */
+
+public class SupplementalJapaneseEraTest {
+    private static final Locale WAREKI_LOCALE = Locale.forLanguageTag("ja-JP-u-ca-japanese");
+    private static final String NEW_ERA_NAME = "NewEra";
+    private static final String NEW_ERA_ABBR = "N.E.";
+    private static int errors = 0;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // args[0] is a flag.
+        switch (args[0]) {
+        case "-s":
+            // print the start time of the new era for testing
+            Calendar cal = new Calendar.Builder()
+                .setCalendarType("japanese")
+                .setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"))
+                .setDate(200, FEBRUARY, 11)
+                .build();
+            System.out.println(cal.getTimeInMillis());
+            break;
+
+        case "-e":
+            // print the current era name in English
+            Calendar jcal = new Calendar.Builder()
+                .setCalendarType("japanese")
+                .setFields(YEAR, 1, DAY_OF_YEAR, 1)
+                .build();
+            System.out.println(jcal.getDisplayName(ERA, LONG, Locale.US));
+            break;
+
+        case "-t":
+            // test with a valid property value
+            testProperty();
+            break;
+
+        case "-b":
+            // test with an invalid property value
+            // args[1] is the current era name given by -e.
+            testValidation(args[1].replace("\r", "")); // remove any CR for Cygwin
+            break;
+        }
+        if (errors != 0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("test failed");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testProperty() {
+        Calendar jcal = new Calendar.Builder()
+            .setCalendarType("japanese")
+            .setFields(YEAR, 1, DAY_OF_YEAR, 1)
+            .build();
+        Date firstDayOfEra = jcal.getTime();
+
+        jcal.set(ERA, jcal.get(ERA) - 1); // previous era
+        jcal.set(YEAR, 1);
+        jcal.set(DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
+        Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
+        cal.setTimeInMillis(jcal.getTimeInMillis());
+        cal.add(YEAR, 199);
+        int year = cal.get(YEAR);
+
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf;
+        String expected, got;
+
+        // test long era name
+        sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("GGGG y-MM-dd", WAREKI_LOCALE);
+        got = sdf.format(firstDayOfEra);
+        expected = NEW_ERA_NAME + " 1-02-11";
+        if (!expected.equals(got)) {
+            System.err.printf("GGGG y-MM-dd: got=\"%s\", expected=\"%s\"%n", got, expected);
+            errors++;
+        }
+
+        // test era abbreviation
+        sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("G y-MM-dd", WAREKI_LOCALE);
+        got = sdf.format(firstDayOfEra);
+        expected = NEW_ERA_ABBR+" 1-02-11";
+        if (!expected.equals(got)) {
+            System.err.printf("GGGG y-MM-dd: got=\"%s\", expected=\"%s\"%n", got, expected);
+            errors++;
+        }
+
+        // confirm the gregorian year
+        sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("y", Locale.US);
+        int y = Integer.parseInt(sdf.format(firstDayOfEra));
+        if (y != year) {
+            System.err.printf("Gregorian year: got=%d, expected=%d%n", y, year);
+            errors++;
+        }
+
+        // test java.time.chrono.JapaneseEra
+        JapaneseDate jdate = JapaneseDate.of(year, 2, 11);
+        got = jdate.toString();
+        expected = "Japanese " + NEW_ERA_NAME + " 1-02-11";
+        if (!expected.equals(got)) {
+            System.err.printf("JapaneseDate: got=\"%s\", expected=\"%s\"%n", got, expected);
+            errors++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testValidation(String eraName) {
+        Calendar jcal = new Calendar.Builder()
+            .setCalendarType("japanese")
+            .setFields(YEAR, 1, DAY_OF_YEAR, 1)
+            .build();
+        if (!jcal.getDisplayName(ERA, LONG, Locale.US).equals(eraName)) {
+            errors++;
+            String prop = System.getProperty("jdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era");
+            System.err.println("Era changed with invalid property: " + prop);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/util/Calendar/SupplementalJapaneseEraTest.sh	Thu Aug 07 13:04:26 2014 +0900
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+#
+
+# @test
+# @bug 8048123
+# @summary Test for jdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era support
+# @build SupplementalJapaneseEraTest
+# @run shell SupplementalJapaneseEraTest.sh
+
+PROPERTY=jdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era
+STATUS=0
+
+# get the start time of the fictional next era
+SINCE=`${TESTJAVA}/bin/java -cp "${TESTCLASSES}" SupplementalJapaneseEraTest -s`
+
+echo "Tests with valid property values..."
+for P in "name=NewEra,abbr=N.E.,since=$SINCE" \
+         "name = NewEra, abbr = N.E., since = $SINCE"
+do
+    if ${TESTJAVA}/bin/java ${TESTVMOPTS} -cp "${TESTCLASSES}" \
+           -D$PROPERTY="$P" SupplementalJapaneseEraTest -t; then
+        echo "$P: passed"
+    else
+        echo "$P: failed"
+        STATUS=1
+    fi
+done
+
+# get the name of the current era to be used to confirm that
+# invalid property values are ignored.
+ERA=`${TESTJAVA}/bin/java -cp "${TESTCLASSES}" SupplementalJapaneseEraTest -e`
+
+echo "Tests with invalid property values..."
+for P in "foo=Bar,name=NewEra,abbr=N.E.,since=$SINCE" \
+         "=NewEra,abbr=N.E.,since=$SINCE" \
+         "=,abbr=N.E.,since=$SINCE" \
+         "name,abbr=N.E.,since=$SINCE" \
+         "abbr=N.E.,since=$SINCE" \
+         "name=NewEra,since=$SINCE" \
+         "name=,abbr=N.E.,since=$SINCE" \
+         "name=NewEra,abbr=,since=$SINCE" \
+         "name=NewEra,abbr=N.E." \
+         "name=NewEra,abbr=N.E.,since=0" \
+         "name=NewEra,abbr=N.E.,since=9223372036854775808" # Long.MAX_VALUE+1
+do
+    if ${TESTJAVA}/bin/java ${TESTVMOPTS} -cp "${TESTCLASSES}" \
+           -D$PROPERTY="$P" SupplementalJapaneseEraTest -b "$ERA"; then
+        echo "$P: passed"
+    else
+        echo "$P: failed"
+        STATUS=1
+    fi
+done
+exit $STATUS