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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 util;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+
+public class BaseTest {
+
+    protected final String reason = "reason";
+    protected final String state = "SQLState";
+    protected final String cause = "java.lang.Throwable: cause";
+    protected final Throwable t = new Throwable("cause");
+    protected final Throwable t1 = new Throwable("cause 1");
+    protected final Throwable t2 = new Throwable("cause 2");
+    protected final int errorCode = 21;
+    protected final String[] msgs = {"Exception 1", "cause 1", "Exception 2",
+        "Exception 3", "cause 2"};
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDownClass() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @BeforeMethod
+    public void setUpMethod() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @AfterMethod
+    public void tearDownMethod() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Take some form of SQLException, serialize and deserialize it
+     *
+     * @param <T> SQLException
+     * @param ex SQLException
+     * @return deserialized SQLException
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    protected <T extends SQLException> T
+            createSerializedException(T ex)
+            throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        T ex1;
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos) ) {
+            oos.writeObject(ex);
+        }
+        try (ObjectInputStream ois =
+                new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray()))) {
+            ex1 = (T) ois.readObject();
+        }
+        return ex1;
+    }
+
+}