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+++ new/test/java/util/HashMap/HashMapCloneLeak.java	Thu Jan 31 10:34:14 2013
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+/*
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+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7042126
+ * @summary Verify that we do not leak contents when we clone a HashMap
+ * @author david.buck@oracle.com
+ * @run main/othervm HashMapCloneLeak
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+AggressiveOpts HashMapCloneLeak
+ */
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+
+public class HashMapCloneLeak {
+
+    static WeakReference<Object> wr = null;
+
+    // helper method to keep testObject and map out of main method's scope
+    private static HashMap<Integer, Object> makeMap() {
+        HashMap<Integer, Object> map = new HashMap<Integer, Object>();
+        Object testObject = new Object();
+        wr = new WeakReference<Object>(testObject);
+        map.put(42, testObject);
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        HashMap<Integer, Object> hm = makeMap();
+        hm = (HashMap<Integer, Object>)hm.clone();
+        hm.clear();
+	// There should no longer be a strong reference to testObject
+        // the WeakReference should be nulled out by GC. If not,
+        // we will hang here until timed out by the test harness.
+        Object[] chain = null;
+        while (wr.get() != null) {
+            try {
+                Object[] allocate = new Object[1000000];
+                allocate[0] = chain;
+                chain = allocate;
+            } catch (OutOfMemoryError oome) {
+                chain = null;
+            }
+            System.gc();
+            Thread.sleep(100);
+        }
+    }
+
+}