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+++ new/test/java/util/Formatter/FailingConstructors.java	Thu Dec 23 15:18:52 2010
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 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 7000511
+ * @summary PrintStream, PrintWriter, Formatter, Scanner leave files open when
+ *          exception thrown
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.Formatter;
+
+public class FailingConstructors {
+    static final String fileName = "FailingConstructorsTest";
+    static final String UNSUPPORTED_CHARSET = "unknownCharset";
+    static final String FILE_CONTENTS = "This is a small file!";
+
+    private static void realMain(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        test(false, new File(fileName));
+
+        /* create the file and write its contents */
+        File file = File.createTempFile(fileName, null);
+        file.deleteOnExit();
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
+        fos.write(FILE_CONTENTS.getBytes());
+        fos.close();
+
+        test(true, file);
+        file.delete();
+    }
+
+    private static void test(boolean exists, File file) throws Throwable {
+        /* Formatter(File file, String csn) */
+        try {
+            new Formatter(file, UNSUPPORTED_CHARSET);
+            fail();
+        } catch(FileNotFoundException|UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            pass();
+        }
+
+        check(exists, file);
+
+        try {
+            new Formatter(file, null);
+            fail();
+	} catch(FileNotFoundException|NullPointerException e) {
+            pass();
+	}
+
+        check(exists, file);
+
+        /* Formatter(String fileName, String csn)  */
+        try {
+            new Formatter(file.getName(), UNSUPPORTED_CHARSET);
+            fail();
+        } catch(FileNotFoundException|UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            pass();
+        }
+
+        check(exists, file);
+
+	try {
+            new Formatter(file.getName(), null);
+            fail();
+        } catch(FileNotFoundException|NullPointerException e) {
+            pass();
+        }
+
+	check(exists, file);
+    }
+
+    private static void check(boolean exists, File file) {
+        if (exists) {
+            /* the file should be unchanged */
+            verifyContents(file);
+        } else {
+            /* the file should not have been created */
+            if (file.exists()) { fail(file + " should not have been created"); }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void verifyContents(File file) {
+        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+            byte[] contents = FILE_CONTENTS.getBytes();
+            int read, count = 0;
+            while ((read = fis.read()) != -1) {
+                if (read != contents[count++])  {
+                    fail("file contents have been altered");
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            unexpected(ioe);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //--------------------- Infrastructure ---------------------------
+    static volatile int passed = 0, failed = 0;
+    static void pass() {passed++;}
+    static void fail() {failed++; Thread.dumpStack();}
+    static void fail(String message) {System.out.println(message); fail(); }
+    static void unexpected(Throwable t) {failed++; t.printStackTrace();}
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        try {realMain(args);} catch (Throwable t) {unexpected(t);}
+        System.out.printf("%nPassed = %d, failed = %d%n%n", passed, failed);
+        if (failed > 0) throw new AssertionError("Some tests failed");}
+}