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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2017, 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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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4641872
+ * @summary Tests writing compression modes of BMP plugin
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
+import java.awt.image.Raster;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import javax.imageio.IIOImage;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.imageio.ImageReader;
+import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriteParam;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriter;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;
+import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
+
+public class BMPWriteParamTest {
+
+    static final String format = "BMP";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        ImageWriter iw = null;
+        Iterator writers = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName(format);
+        if (!writers.hasNext()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("No available Image writer for "+format);
+        }
+        iw = (ImageWriter)writers.next();
+
+        try {
+            BufferedImage img = createTestImage();
+
+            BufferedImage bmp_res = getWriteResult(img, "BMP");
+            BufferedImage png_res = getWriteResult(img, "PNG");
+
+            compare(bmp_res, png_res);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected exception: " + ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static BufferedImage getWriteResult(BufferedImage img,
+                                                String format
+                                                ) throws IOException {
+        ImageWriter iw = null;
+        Iterator writers = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName(format);
+        while (writers.hasNext()) {
+            iw = (ImageWriter)writers.next();
+            System.out.println(format + " -> " + iw.toString());
+        }
+        if (iw==null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("No available Image writer for "+format);
+        }
+        ImageWriteParam param = iw.getDefaultWriteParam();
+
+        param.setSourceRegion(new Rectangle(10, 10, 31, 31));
+        param.setSourceSubsampling(3, 3, 0, 0);
+
+        IIOMetadata meta = iw.getDefaultImageMetadata(new ImageTypeSpecifier(img), param);
+
+        IIOImage iio_img = new IIOImage(img, null, meta);
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(baos);
+        iw.setOutput(ios);
+        iw.write(meta, iio_img, param);
+        ios.flush();
+
+        byte[] ba_image = baos.toByteArray();
+
+        ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(ba_image);
+
+        ImageReader ir = null;
+
+        Iterator readers = ImageIO.getImageReadersByFormatName(format);
+        while (readers.hasNext()) {
+            ir = (ImageReader)readers.next();
+            System.out.println(format + " -> " + ir.toString());
+        }
+        if (ir==null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("No available Image reader for "+format);
+        }
+
+        ir.setInput(ImageIO.createImageInputStream(bais));
+
+        BufferedImage res = ir.read(0);
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    private static BufferedImage createTestImage()
+      throws IOException {
+
+        int w = 50;
+        int h = 50;
+        BufferedImage b = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        Graphics2D g = b.createGraphics();
+        g.setColor(Color.red);
+        g.fillRect(0,0, w, h);
+        g.setColor(Color.white);
+        for (int i=10; i<=10+30; i+= 3) {
+            g.drawLine(i, 10, i, 40);
+            g.drawLine(10, i, 40, i);
+        }
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean compare(final BufferedImage in,
+                                   final BufferedImage out)
+    {
+        final int width = in.getWidth();
+        int height = in.getHeight();
+        if (out.getWidth() != width || out.getHeight() != height) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Dimensions changed!");
+        }
+
+        Raster oldras = in.getRaster();
+        ColorModel oldcm = in.getColorModel();
+        Raster newras = out.getRaster();
+        ColorModel newcm = out.getColorModel();
+
+        for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
+                Object oldpixel = oldras.getDataElements(i, j, null);
+                int oldrgb = oldcm.getRGB(oldpixel);
+                int oldalpha = oldcm.getAlpha(oldpixel);
+
+                Object newpixel = newras.getDataElements(i, j, null);
+                int newrgb = newcm.getRGB(newpixel);
+                int newalpha = newcm.getAlpha(newpixel);
+
+                if (newrgb != oldrgb ||
+                    newalpha != oldalpha) {
+                    // showDiff(in, out);
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Pixels differ at " + i +
+                                               ", " + j + " new = " + Integer.toHexString(newrgb) + " old = " + Integer.toHexString(oldrgb));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}