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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 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).
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6275251
+ * @summary Verifies that GIF image writer throws IllegalStateException if
+ *          assigned output stream was cleared by reset() method
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriter;
+import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
+
+public class WriterResetTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        ImageWriter w = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName("GIF").next();
+        if (w == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("No writers available!");
+        }
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos =
+            new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        ImageOutputStream ios =
+            ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(baos);
+
+        w.setOutput(ios);
+
+        BufferedImage img = createTestImage();
+
+        try {
+            w.reset();
+            w.write(img);
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            System.out.println("Test passed");
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test failed", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static BufferedImage createTestImage() {
+        BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(100, 100,
+                                              BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        Graphics2D g = img.createGraphics();
+        g.setColor(Color.white);
+        g.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
+        g.setColor(Color.black);
+        g.fillRect(20, 20, 60, 60);
+
+        return img;
+    }
+}