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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.XMLStreamReaderTest;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
+
+/*
+ * @bug 6847819
+ * @summary Test StAX parser shall throw XMLStreamException for illegal xml declaration.
+ */
+public class Bug6847819Test {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIllegalDecl() throws XMLStreamException {
+        String xml = "<?xml ?><root>abc]]>xyz</root>";
+        String msg = "illegal declaration";
+        try {
+            XMLInputFactory inputFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
+            inputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(new StringReader(xml));
+            Assert.fail("Expected an exception for " + msg);
+        } catch (XMLStreamException ex) { // good
+            System.out.println("Expected failure: '" + ex.getMessage() + "' " + "(matching message: '" + msg + "')");
+        } catch (Exception ex2) { // ok; iff links to XMLStreamException
+            Throwable t = ex2;
+            while (t.getCause() != null && !(t instanceof XMLStreamException)) {
+                t = t.getCause();
+            }
+            if (t instanceof XMLStreamException) {
+                System.out.println("Expected failure: '" + ex2.getMessage() + "' " + "(matching message: '" + msg + "')");
+            }
+            if (t == ex2) {
+                Assert.fail("Expected an XMLStreamException (either direct, or getCause() of a primary exception) for " + msg + ", got: " + ex2);
+            }
+            Assert.fail("Expected an XMLStreamException (either direct, or getCause() of a primary exception) for " + msg + ", got: " + ex2 + " (root: " + t + ")");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}