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+++ new/test/java/lang/String/CompactString/GetChars.java	2015-10-30 14:04:12.778224629 -0700
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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).
+ *
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+ * 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.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8077559
+ * @summary Tests Compact String. This one is for String.getChars.
+ * @run testng/othervm -XX:+CompactStrings GetChars
+ * @run testng/othervm -XX:-CompactStrings GetChars
+ */
+
+public class GetChars extends CompactString {
+
+    @DataProvider
+    public Object[][] provider() {
+        return new Object[][] {
+
+                new Object[] { STRING_EMPTY, 0, STRING_EMPTY.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_EMPTY.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_EMPTY },
+                new Object[] { STRING_L1, 0, STRING_L1.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_L1.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_L1 },
+                new Object[] { STRING_L2, 0, STRING_L2.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_L2.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_L2 },
+                new Object[] { STRING_L4, 0, STRING_L4.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_L4.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_L4 },
+                new Object[] { STRING_LLONG, 0, STRING_LLONG.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_LLONG.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_LLONG },
+                new Object[] { STRING_U1, 0, STRING_U1.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_U1.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_U1 },
+                new Object[] { STRING_U2, 0, STRING_U2.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_U2.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_U2 },
+                new Object[] { STRING_M12, 0, STRING_M12.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_M12.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_M12 },
+                new Object[] { STRING_M11, 0, STRING_M11.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_M11.length()], 0, CHAR_ARRAY_M11 },
+                new Object[] { STRING_UDUPLICATE, 0,
+                        STRING_UDUPLICATE.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_UDUPLICATE.length()], 0,
+                        CHAR_ARRAY_UDUPLICATE },
+                new Object[] { STRING_MDUPLICATE1, 0,
+                        STRING_MDUPLICATE1.length(),
+                        new char[STRING_MDUPLICATE1.length()], 0,
+                        CHAR_ARRAY_MDUPLICATE1 }, };
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "provider")
+    public void testGetChars(String str, int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst,
+            int dstBegin, char[] expected) {
+        map.get(str)
+                .forEach(
+                        (source, data) -> {
+                            data.getChars(srcBegin, srcEnd, dst, dstBegin);
+                            assertTrue(
+                                    Arrays.equals(dst, expected),
+                                    String.format(
+                                            "testing String(%s).getChars(%d, %d, %s, %d), source : %s, ",
+                                            escapeNonASCIIs(data), srcBegin,
+                                            srcEnd, escapeNonASCIIs(Arrays
+                                                    .toString(dst)), dstBegin,
+                                            source));
+                        });
+    }
+
+}