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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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     8153943
+ * @summary Test verifies whether equals() and hashCode() methods in
+ *          BandedSampleModel works properly.
+ * @run     main BandedSampleModelEqualsTest
+ */
+
+import java.awt.image.BandedSampleModel;
+import java.awt.image.DataBuffer;
+
+public class BandedSampleModelEqualsTest {
+
+    private static void testConstructor1() {
+        /*
+         * verify equality with constructor
+         * BandedSampleModel(int dataType, int w, int h, int numBands)
+         */
+        BandedSampleModel model1 =
+                new BandedSampleModel(DataBuffer.TYPE_BYTE, 50, 50, 1);
+        BandedSampleModel model2 =
+                new BandedSampleModel(DataBuffer.TYPE_BYTE, 50, 50, 1);
+        if (model1.equals(null)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("equals(null) returns true");
+        }
+        if (!(model1.equals(model2))) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("equals() method is not working"
+                    + " properly");
+        }
+        if (!(model2.equals(model1))) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("equals() method is not working"
+                    + " properly");
+        }
+        if (model1.hashCode() != model2.hashCode()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("HashCode is not same for same"
+                    + " BandedSampleModels");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testConstructor2() {
+        /*
+         * verify equality with constructor
+         * BandedSampleModel(int dataType, int w, int h, int scanlineStride,
+         * int[] bankIndices, int[] bandOffsets)
+         */
+        BandedSampleModel model1 =
+                new BandedSampleModel(DataBuffer.TYPE_BYTE, 50, 50, 50,
+                new int[] {0}, new int[] {0});
+        BandedSampleModel model2 =
+                new BandedSampleModel(DataBuffer.TYPE_BYTE, 50, 50, 50,
+                new int[] {0}, new int[] {0});
+        if (model1.equals(null)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("equals(null) returns true");
+        }
+        if (!(model1.equals(model2))) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("equals() method is not working"
+                    + " properly");
+        }
+        if (!(model2.equals(model1))) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("equals() method is not working"
+                    + " properly");
+        }
+        if (model1.hashCode() != model2.hashCode()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("HashCode is not same for same"
+                    + " BandedSampleModels");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void testSameBandedSampleModel() {
+        testConstructor1();
+        testConstructor2();
+    }
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        /* 
+         * verify BandedSampleModel equality using different
+         * constructors.
+         */
+        testSameBandedSampleModel();
+    }
+}
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