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+++ new/test/java/lang/Float/Constants.java	Mon Jan 26 16:11:45 2009
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2005 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
+ * @compile Constants.java
+ * @bug 4397405 4826652
+ * @summary Testing constant-ness of Float.{MIN_VALUE, MAX_VALUE}, etc.
+ * @author Joseph D. Darcy
+ */
+
+public class Constants {
+    /*
+     * This compile-only test is to make sure that the primitive
+     * public static final fields in java.lang.Float are "constant
+     * expressions" as defined by "The Java Language Specification,
+     * 2nd edition" section 15.28; a different test checks the values
+     * of those fields.
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        int i = 0;
+        switch (i) {
+        case (int)Float.NaN:                    // 0
+            System.out.println("Float.NaN is a constant!");
+            break;
+        case (int)Float.MIN_VALUE + 1:          // 0 + 1
+            System.out.println("Float.MIN_VALUE is a constant!");
+            break;
+        case (int)Float.MIN_NORMAL + 2:         // 0 + 2
+            System.out.println("Float.MIN_NORMAL is a constant!");
+            break;
+        case Float.MIN_EXPONENT:                // -126
+            System.out.println("Float.MIN_EXPONENT is a constant!");
+            break;
+        case Float.MAX_EXPONENT:                // 127
+            System.out.println("Float.MAX_EXPONENT is a constant!");
+            break;
+        case (int)Float.MAX_VALUE - 1:          // Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1
+            System.out.println("Float.MAX_VALUE is a constant!");
+            break;
+        case (int)Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY:      // Integer.MAX_VALUE
+            System.out.println("Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY is a constant!");
+            break;
+        case (int)Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY:      // Integer.MIN_VALUE
+            System.out.println("Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY is a constant!");
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}