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+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8068427
+ * @summary Hashtable deserialization reconstitutes table with wrong capacity
+ */
+public class DeserializedLength {
+
+    static boolean testDeserializedLength(int elements, float loadFactor) throws Exception {
+        // construct Hashtable with minimal initial capacity and given loadFactor
+        Hashtable<Integer, Integer> ht1 = new Hashtable<>(1, loadFactor);
+        // add given number of unique elements
+        for (int i = 0; i < elements; i++) {
+            ht1.put(i, i);
+        }
+
+        // serialize it to byte[] array
+        byte[] bytes;
+        try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+             ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos)) {
+            oos.writeObject(ht1);
+            oos.flush();
+            bytes = baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+
+        // de-serialize it from byte[] array
+        Hashtable<?, ?> ht2;
+        try (ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+             ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais)) {
+            ht2 = (Hashtable<?, ?>) ois.readObject();
+        }
+
+        // compare lengths of internal tables
+        Object[] table1 = (Object[]) hashtableTableField.get(ht1);
+        Object[] table2 = (Object[]) hashtableTableField.get(ht2);
+        assert table1 != null;
+        assert table2 != null;
+
+        int minLength = (int) (ht1.size() / loadFactor) + 1;
+        int maxLength = minLength * 2;
+
+        boolean ok = (table2.length >= minLength && table2.length <= maxLength);
+
+        System.out.printf(
+            "%7d %5.2f %7d %7d %7d...%7d %s\n",
+            ht1.size(), loadFactor,
+            table1.length, table2.length,
+            minLength, maxLength,
+            (ok ? "OK" : "NOT-OK")
+        );
+
+        return ok;
+    }
+
+    private static final Field hashtableTableField;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            hashtableTableField = Hashtable.class.getDeclaredField("table");
+            hashtableTableField.setAccessible(true);
+        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
+            throw new Error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        boolean ok = true;
+
+        System.out.printf("Results:\n" +
+                "                 ser.  deser.\n" +
+                "   size  load  lentgh  length       valid range ok?\n" +
+                "------- ----- ------- ------- ----------------- ------\n"
+        );
+
+        for (int elements : new int[]{10, 50, 500, 5000}) {
+            for (float loadFactor : new float[]{0.15f, 0.5f, 0.75f, 1.0f, 2.5f}) {
+                ok &= testDeserializedLength(elements, loadFactor);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!ok) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Test failed.");
+        }
+    }
+}