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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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).
+ *
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+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug     8020983
+ * @summary Test verifies that jpeg writer instances are collected
+ *          even if destroy() or reset() methods is not invoked.
+ *
+ * @run main JpegWriterLeakTest
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.ref.Reference;
+import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Random;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriter;
+import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
+
+public class JpegWriterLeakTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final ReferenceQueue<ImageWriter> queue = new ReferenceQueue<ImageWriter>();
+        final ArrayList<Reference<? extends ImageWriter>> refs = new ArrayList<Reference<? extends ImageWriter>>();
+
+        int count = 2;
+
+        do {
+            ImageWriter writer =
+                    ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName("jpeg").next();
+
+            final WeakReference<? extends ImageWriter> ref =
+                    new WeakReference<ImageWriter>(writer, queue);
+
+            refs.add(ref);
+
+
+            try {
+                final ImageOutputStream os =
+                        ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream());
+                writer.setOutput(os);
+
+                writer.write(getImage());
+
+
+                // NB: dispose() or reset() workarounds the problem.
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } finally {
+                writer = null;
+            }
+            count--;
+        } while (count > 0);
+
+
+        System.out.println("Wait for GC...");
+
+        final long testTimeOut = 60000L;
+
+        final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        while (!refs.isEmpty()) {
+            // check for the test timeout
+            final long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+            if (now - startTime > testTimeOut) {
+                System.out.println();
+                throw new RuntimeException("Test FAILED.");
+            }
+
+            System.gc();
+
+            try {
+                System.out.print(".");
+                Thread.sleep(1000);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            };
+
+            Reference<? extends ImageWriter> r = queue.poll();
+            if (r != null) {
+                System.out.println("Got reference: " + r);
+                refs.remove(r);
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("Test PASSED.");
+    }
+
+    private static BufferedImage getImage() {
+        int width = 2500;
+        int height = new Random().nextInt(2500) + 1;
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+
+        Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
+        g.setColor(Color.blue);
+        g.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+        return image;
+    }
+}