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+/*
+ * 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 8888888
+ * @compile FailureAtomicity.java Expose.java foo/foo/HomeAddress.java bar/bar/HomeAddress.java
+ * @run main failureAtomicity.FailureAtomicity
+ * @summary Best effort Failure Atomicity for default read object.
+ */
+package failureAtomicity;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
+public class FailureAtomicity {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        failureAtomicity.bar.bar.HomeAddress barHomeAddress =
+                new failureAtomicity.bar.bar.HomeAddress(5, "Dublin", "Dublin",
+                                                 "Ireland", new byte[] { 0x01 });
+
+        try { toFooHomeAddress(barHomeAddress); }
+        catch (ClassCastException e) { /* Expected */ }
+
+        failureAtomicity.foo.foo.HomeAddress fooHomeAddress =
+                (failureAtomicity.foo.foo.HomeAddress)Expose.obj;
+
+        System.out.println("fooHomeAddress: " + fooHomeAddress);
+
+        if (fooHomeAddress.houseNumber != 0 /*|| fooHomeAddress.city != null*/
+            || fooHomeAddress.county != null || fooHomeAddress.country != null)
+            throw new RuntimeException("Some fields are being set");
+    }
+
+    static failureAtomicity.foo.foo.HomeAddress
+        toFooHomeAddress(failureAtomicity.bar.bar.HomeAddress barHomeAddress)
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        byte[] bytes = serialize(barHomeAddress);
+        bytes = barToFoo(bytes);
+        return (failureAtomicity.foo.foo.HomeAddress)deserialize(bytes);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    static byte[] barToFoo(byte[] bytes) {
+        String str = new String(bytes, 0);
+        str = str.replaceAll("bar.bar", "foo.foo");
+        str.getBytes(0, bytes.length, bytes, 0);
+        return bytes;
+    }
+
+    static byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws Exception {
+        try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+             ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);) {
+            out.writeObject(obj);
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Object deserialize(byte[] data) throws Exception {
+        return new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data))
+                .readObject();
+    }
+}