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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.
+ */
+
+package javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReaderTest;
+
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
+
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/*
+ * @bug 6489890
+ * @summary Test XMLEventReader's initial state is an undefined state, and nextEvent() is START_DOCUMENT.
+ */
+public class Bug6489890 {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test0() {
+        try {
+            XMLInputFactory xif = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
+
+            XMLStreamReader xsr = xif.createXMLStreamReader(getClass().getResource("sgml.xml").toString(), getClass().getResourceAsStream("sgml.xml"));
+
+            XMLEventReader xer = xif.createXMLEventReader(xsr);
+
+            Assert.assertTrue(xer.peek().getEventType() == XMLEvent.START_DOCUMENT);
+            Assert.assertTrue(xer.peek() == xer.nextEvent());
+            xsr.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test1() {
+        try {
+            XMLInputFactory xif = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
+
+            XMLStreamReader xsr = xif.createXMLStreamReader(getClass().getResource("sgml.xml").toString(), getClass().getResourceAsStream("sgml.xml"));
+
+            XMLEventReader xer = xif.createXMLEventReader(xsr);
+
+            Assert.assertTrue(xer.nextEvent().getEventType() == XMLEvent.START_DOCUMENT);
+            xsr.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+}