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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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 8177552
+ * @modules jdk.localedata
+ * @summary Checks the serialization feature of CompactNumberFormat
+ */
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.math.RoundingMode;
+import java.text.CompactNumberFormat;
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class SerializationTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        NumberFormat format1 = NumberFormat.getCompactNumberInstance(
+                new Locale("hi"), NumberFormat.Style.SHORT);
+        format1.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
+        format1.setMinimumIntegerDigits(5);
+
+        CompactNumberFormat format2 = (CompactNumberFormat) NumberFormat
+                .getCompactNumberInstance(Locale.US, NumberFormat.Style.LONG);
+        format2.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
+        format2.setGroupingSize(3);
+
+        NumberFormat format3 = NumberFormat.getCompactNumberInstance(
+                Locale.JAPAN, NumberFormat.Style.SHORT);
+        format3.setMaximumFractionDigits(30);
+        format3.setMaximumIntegerDigits(30);
+
+        NumberFormat format4 = NumberFormat.getCompactNumberInstance(
+                Locale.FRANCE, NumberFormat.Style.LONG);
+        format4.setParseIntegerOnly(true);
+        format4.setGroupingUsed(true);
+
+        // setting minimum integer digits beyond the allowed range
+        NumberFormat format5 = NumberFormat.getCompactNumberInstance(
+                Locale.GERMANY, NumberFormat.Style.SHORT);
+        format5.setMinimumIntegerDigits(320);
+
+        // setting minimum fraction digits beyond the allowed range
+        NumberFormat format6 = NumberFormat.getCompactNumberInstance(
+                Locale.KOREA, NumberFormat.Style.SHORT);
+        format6.setMinimumFractionDigits(350);
+
+        try {
+            // serialize
+            serialize("cdf.ser", format1, format2, format3, format4, format5, format6);
+            // deserialize
+            deserialize("cdf.ser", format1, format2, format3, format4, format5, format6);
+
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("[FAILED: Exception occured while"
+                    + " serializing/deserializing]", ex);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("[FAILED: Exception occured while"
+                    + " deserializing the object]", ex);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private static void serialize(String fileName, NumberFormat... formats)
+            throws IOException {
+        try (ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(
+                new FileOutputStream(fileName))) {
+            for (NumberFormat fmt : formats) {
+                os.writeObject(fmt);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void deserialize(String fileName, NumberFormat... formats)
+            throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        try (ObjectInputStream os = new ObjectInputStream(
+                new FileInputStream(fileName))) {
+            for (NumberFormat fmt : formats) {
+                NumberFormat obj = (NumberFormat) os.readObject();
+                if (!fmt.equals(obj)) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("serialized and deserialized"
+                            + " objects do not match");
+                }
+
+                long number = 123456789789L;
+                String expected = fmt.format(number);
+                String actual = obj.format(number);
+                if (!expected.equals(actual)) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("serialized and deserialized"
+                            + " objects are expected to return similar formatted"
+                            + " output for number: " + number + ", Expected: "
+                            + expected + ", Actual: " + actual);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+