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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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     8044289
+ * @summary Test verifies that when ImageOutputStream
+ *          is returned null while writing is it handled properly
+ *          in ImageIO.write() API's.
+ * @run     main NullStreamCheckTest
+ */
+
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry;
+import javax.imageio.spi.ImageOutputStreamSpi;
+
+public class NullStreamCheckTest {
+
+    // get ImageIORegistry default instance.
+    private static final IIORegistry localRegistry = IIORegistry.
+            getDefaultInstance();
+    // stream variables needed for input and output.
+    static LocalOutputStream outputStream = new LocalOutputStream();
+
+    static final int width = 50, height = 50;
+
+    // input and output BufferedImage needed while read and write.
+    static BufferedImage inputImage = new BufferedImage(width, height,
+            BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+    static BufferedImage outputImage = new BufferedImage(width, height,
+            BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+
+    // creates test file needed for read and write in local directory.
+    private static File createTestFile(String name) throws IOException {
+        String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+        String dir = System.getProperty("test.src", ".");
+        String filePath = dir+sep;
+        File directory = new File(filePath);
+        File tmpTestFile = File.createTempFile(name, ".png", directory);
+        directory.delete();
+        return tmpTestFile;
+    }
+
+    private static void verifyFileWrite() throws IOException {
+        File outputTestFile = createTestFile("outputTestFile");
+        try {
+            ImageIO.write(inputImage, "png", outputTestFile);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            throw ex;
+        } finally {
+            outputTestFile.delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void verifyStreamWrite() throws IOException {
+        try {
+            ImageIO.write(inputImage, "png", outputStream);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            throw ex;
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                outputStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                throw ex;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
+                                                  MalformedURLException {
+
+        /* deregister ImageOutputStreamSpi so that we creatImageOutputStream
+         * returns null while writing.
+         */
+        localRegistry.deregisterAll(ImageOutputStreamSpi.class);
+        /* verify possible ImageIO.write() scenario's for null stream output
+         * from createImageOutputStream() API in ImageIO class.
+         */
+        verifyFileWrite();
+        verifyStreamWrite();
+    }
+
+    static class LocalOutputStream extends OutputStream {
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(int i) throws IOException {
+        }
+    }
+}