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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 6284538
+ * @summary Test verifies whether IllegalStateException is thrown if the output
+ *          stream have not set to the GIF image writer instance
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriteParam;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriter;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;
+
+public class PrepareWriteSequenceTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        String format = "GIF";
+        ImageWriter writer = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName(format).next();
+
+        ImageWriteParam param = writer.getDefaultWriteParam();
+
+        IIOMetadata streamMetadata = writer.getDefaultStreamMetadata(param);
+
+        boolean gotException = false;
+        try {
+            writer.prepareWriteSequence(streamMetadata);
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            gotException = true;
+            System.out.println("Test passed.");
+            e.printStackTrace(System.out);
+        }
+
+        if (!gotException) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test failed.");
+        }
+    }
+}