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+/*
+ * Copyright 1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+   @bug 4071765
+   @summary Bug in the parameter of str.getChars called in write
+*/
+
+
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class WriteFromString {
+
+
+    public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception {
+        LocalStringWriter lsw = new LocalStringWriter();
+        boolean result = true;
+
+        String testString = "Testing of what gets written";
+        // Should write out at offset 2 for length 4 i.e."stin"
+        lsw.write(testString, 1, 4);
+        String res = lsw.toString();
+        if (!res.equals("esti")) {
+            result = false;
+            System.err.println("Writer.write is incorrect:" + res);
+        }
+
+        // Same bug in stringwriter as well
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        sw.write(testString, 1, 4);
+        res = sw.toString();
+        String ss = testString.substring(1,4);
+        System.out.println("Substring = "+ss);
+        if (!res.equals("esti")) {
+            System.err.println("StringWriter.write is incorrect:" + res);
+            result = false;
+        }
+        if (!result) {
+            throw new Exception("Writer.write method is incorrect.");
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * A copy of StringWriter to test the write method in Writer
+ */
+
+class LocalStringWriter extends Writer {
+
+    private StringBuffer buf;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new string writer, using the default initial string-buffer
+     * size.
+     */
+    public LocalStringWriter() {
+        buf = new StringBuffer();
+        lock = buf;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write a portion of an array of characters.
+     *
+     * @param  cbuf  Array of characters
+     * @param  off   Offset from which to start writing characters
+     * @param  len   Number of characters to write
+     */
+    public void write(char cbuf[], int off, int len) {
+        if ((off < 0) || (off > cbuf.length) || (len < 0) ||
+            ((off + len) > cbuf.length) || ((off + len) < 0)) {
+            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+        } else if (len == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        buf.append(cbuf, off, len);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write a string.
+     */
+    public void write(String str) {
+        buf.append(str);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the buffer's current value as a string.
+     */
+    public String toString() {
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+
+
+    public void flush(){ }
+
+    public void close(){ }
+
+}