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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8183743
+ * @summary Test to verify the new overload method with Charset functions the
+ * same as the existing method that takes a charset name.
+ * @run testng EncodingTest
+ */
+public class EncodingTest {
+    static String USER_DIR = System.getProperty("user.dir", ".");
+
+    public static enum ConstructorType {
+        FILE,
+        PATH,
+        INPUTSTREAM,
+        READABLEBYTECHANNEL
+    }
+
+    static final String TEST_STRING = "abc \u0100 \u0101 \u0555 \u07FD \u07FF";
+
+    @DataProvider(name = "parameters")
+    public Object[][] getParameters() throws IOException {
+        String csn = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
+        Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+        File file1 = new File(USER_DIR, "ScannerCharsetTest1.txt");
+        File file2 = new File(USER_DIR, "ScannerCharsetTest2.txt");
+
+        return new Object[][]{
+            {ConstructorType.FILE, file1, file2, csn, charset},
+            {ConstructorType.PATH, file1, file2, csn, charset},
+            {ConstructorType.INPUTSTREAM, file1, file2, csn, charset},
+            {ConstructorType.READABLEBYTECHANNEL, file1, file2, csn, charset},};
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that the overloading constructor behaves the same as the
+     * existing one.
+     *
+     * @param type the type of the constructor
+     * @param file1 file1 written with the name of a charset
+     * @param file2 file2 written with a charset
+     * @param csn the charset name
+     * @param charset the charset
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Test(dataProvider = "parameters")
+    void test(ConstructorType type, File file1, File file2, String csn, Charset charset)
+            throws Exception {
+        prepareFile(file1, TEST_STRING);
+        prepareFile(file2, TEST_STRING);
+
+        try (Scanner s1 = getScanner(type, file1.getPath(), csn, null);
+                Scanner s2 = getScanner(type, file2.getPath(), null, charset);) {
+            String result1 = s1.findInLine(TEST_STRING);
+            String result2 = s2.findInLine(TEST_STRING);
+            Assert.assertEquals(result1, result2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Creates a Scanner over the given input file.
+     */
+    Scanner getScanner(ConstructorType type, String file, String csn, Charset charset)
+            throws Exception {
+        if (csn != null) {
+            switch (type) {
+                case FILE:
+                    return new Scanner(new File(file), csn);
+                case PATH:
+                    return new Scanner(Paths.get(file), csn);
+                case INPUTSTREAM:
+                    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
+                    return new Scanner(fis, csn);
+                case READABLEBYTECHANNEL:
+                    FileInputStream fis1 = new FileInputStream(file);
+                    return new Scanner(fis1.getChannel(), csn);
+            }
+        } else {
+            switch (type) {
+                case FILE:
+                    return new Scanner(new File(file), charset);
+                case PATH:
+                    return new Scanner(Paths.get(file), charset);
+                case INPUTSTREAM:
+                    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
+                    return new Scanner(fis, charset);
+                case READABLEBYTECHANNEL:
+                    FileInputStream fis1 = new FileInputStream(file);
+                    return new Scanner(fis1.getChannel(), charset);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    void prepareFile(File file, String content) throws IOException {
+        try (FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);) {
+            writer.write(content);
+        }
+    }
+}