--- old/test/java/util/Hashtable/SimpleSerialization.java	2012-05-29 16:32:38.000000000 -0700
+++ new/test/java/util/Hashtable/SimpleSerialization.java	2012-05-29 16:32:37.000000000 -0700
@@ -34,48 +34,58 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class SimpleSerialization {
     public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
         Hashtable<String, String> h1 = new Hashtable<>();
 
+        System.err.println("*** BEGIN TEST ***");
+
         h1.put("key", "value");
 
         final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        final ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
-
-        oos.writeObject(h1);
-        oos.close();
+        try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos)) {
+            oos.writeObject(h1);
+        }
 
         final byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();
         final ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
-        final ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais);
+        final Object deserializedObject;
+        try (ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais)) {
+            deserializedObject = ois.readObject();
+        }
 
-        final Object deserializedObject = ois.readObject();
-        ois.close();
+        if(!h1.getClass().isInstance(deserializedObject)) {
+             throw new RuntimeException("Result not assignable to type of h1");
+        }
 
         if (false == h1.equals(deserializedObject)) {
+             Hashtable<String, String> d1 = (Hashtable<String, String>) h1;
+            for(Map.Entry entry: h1.entrySet()) {
+                System.err.println("h1.key::" + entry.getKey() + " d1.containsKey()::" + d1.containsKey((String) entry.getKey()));
+                System.err.println("h1.value::" + entry.getValue() + " d1.contains()::" + d1.contains(entry.getValue()));
+                System.err.println("h1.value == d1.value " + entry.getValue().equals(d1.get((String) entry.getKey())));
+            }
+
             throw new RuntimeException(getFailureText(h1, deserializedObject));
         }
     }
 
     private static String getFailureText(final Object orig, final Object copy) {
         final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
-        final PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
-
-        pw.println("Test FAILED: Deserialized object is not equal to the original object");
-        pw.print("\tOriginal: ");
-        printObject(pw, orig).println();
-        pw.print("\tCopy:     ");
-        printObject(pw, copy).println();
-
-        pw.close();
+        try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw)) {
+            pw.println("Test FAILED: Deserialized object is not equal to the original object");
+            pw.print("\tOriginal: ");
+            printObject(pw, orig).println();
+            pw.print("\tCopy:     ");
+            printObject(pw, copy).println();
+        }
         return sw.toString();
     }