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+/*
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+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8068427
+ * @summary Hashtable deserialization reconstitutes table with wrong capacity
+ */
+public class DeserializedLength {
+
+    static boolean testDeserializedLength(int elements) throws Exception {
+        // construct Hashtable
+        float loadFactor = 0.75f;
+        Hashtable<Integer, Integer> ht1 = new Hashtable<>(
+            (int) (elements / loadFactor) + 1,
+            loadFactor
+        );
+        for (int i = 0; i < elements; i++) {
+            ht1.put(i, i);
+        }
+
+        // serialize it to byte[] array
+        byte[] bytes;
+        try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+             ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos)) {
+            oos.writeObject(ht1);
+            oos.flush();
+            bytes = baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+
+        // de-serialize it from byte[] array
+        Hashtable<?, ?> ht2;
+        try (ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+             ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais)) {
+            ht2 = (Hashtable<?, ?>) ois.readObject();
+        }
+
+        // compare lengths of internal tables
+        Object[] table1 = (Object[]) hashtableTableField.get(ht1);
+        Object[] table2 = (Object[]) hashtableTableField.get(ht2);
+
+        System.out.println("Serialized Hashtable of size=" + ht1.size() +
+            " has internal table.length=" + table1.length +
+            " de-serialized table.length=" + table2.length);
+
+        return table2.length >= table1.length;
+    }
+
+    private static final Field hashtableTableField;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            hashtableTableField = Hashtable.class.getDeclaredField("table");
+            hashtableTableField.setAccessible(true);
+        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
+            throw new Error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        boolean ok = true;
+        ok &= testDeserializedLength(10);
+        ok &= testDeserializedLength(50);
+        ok &= testDeserializedLength(500);
+        ok &= testDeserializedLength(5000);
+        if (!ok) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Test failed.");
+        }
+    }
+}