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+/*
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+ *
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 4862411
+ * @summary Test positional write method of FileChannel with DirectIO
+ * @key randomness
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.CharBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.FileStore;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+import com.sun.nio.file.ExtendedOpenOption;
+
+/**
+ * Testing FileChannel's positional write method.
+ */
+public class PwriteDirect {
+
+    private static Random generator = new Random();
+
+    private static File blah;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        genericTest();
+        testUnwritableChannel();
+    }
+
+    // This test for bug 4862411
+    private static void testUnwritableChannel() throws Exception {
+        File blah = File.createTempFile("blah2", null);
+        blah.deleteOnExit();
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(blah);
+        fos.write(new byte[4096]);
+        fos.close();
+
+        String path = blah.getAbsolutePath();
+        Path p = Paths.get(path);
+        FileChannel fc = FileChannel.open(p, ExtendedOpenOption.DIRECT);
+
+        try {
+            fc.write(ByteBuffer.allocate(4096),0);
+            throw new RuntimeException("Expected exception not thrown");
+        } catch(NonWritableChannelException e) {
+            // Correct result
+        } finally {
+            fc.close();
+            blah.delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void genericTest() throws Exception {
+        blah = File.createTempFile("blah", null);
+        blah.deleteOnExit();
+        initTestFile(blah);
+
+        String path = blah.getAbsolutePath();
+        Path p = Paths.get(path);
+        FileChannel c = FileChannel.open(p, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.READ, ExtendedOpenOption.DIRECT);
+	FileStore fs = Files.getFileStore(p);
+        int alignment = fs.getBlockSize();
+
+        for (int x=0; x<100; x++) {
+            long offset = generator.nextInt(100) * 4096;
+            ByteBuffer block = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(4096 + alignment - 1).alignedSlice(alignment);
+
+            // Write known sequence out
+            for (byte i=0; i<4; i++) {
+                block.put(i);
+            }
+            block.position(0);
+            long originalPosition = c.position();
+            int totalWritten = 0;
+            while (totalWritten < 4096) {
+                int written = c.write(block, offset);
+                if (written < 0)
+                    throw new Exception("Write failed");
+                totalWritten += written;
+            }
+
+            long newPosition = c.position();
+
+            // Ensure that file pointer position has not changed
+            if (originalPosition != newPosition)
+                throw new Exception("File position modified");
+
+            // Attempt to read sequence back in
+            block = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(4096 + alignment - 1).alignedSlice(alignment);
+            originalPosition = c.position();
+            int totalRead = 0;
+            while (totalRead < 4096) {
+                int read = c.read(block, offset);
+                if (read < 0)
+                    throw new Exception("Read failed");
+                totalRead += read;
+            }
+            newPosition = c.position();
+
+            // Ensure that file pointer position has not changed
+            if (originalPosition != newPosition)
+                throw new Exception("File position modified");
+
+            for (byte i=0; i<4; i++) {
+                if (block.get(i) != i)
+                    throw new Exception("Write test failed");
+            }
+        }
+        c.close();
+        blah.delete();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates file blah:
+     */
+    private static void initTestFile(File blah) throws Exception {
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(blah);
+        BufferedWriter awriter
+            = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(fos, "8859_1"));
+
+        for(int i=0; i<100; i++) {
+            String number = new Integer(i).toString();
+            for (int h=0; h<4-number.length(); h++)
+                awriter.write("0");
+            awriter.write(""+i);
+            for (int j=0; j < 4092; j++)
+                awriter.write("0");
+        }
+       awriter.flush();
+       awriter.close();
+    }
+}