EmptyCollectionSerialization.java

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/*
 * @test
 * @bug     4684279
 * @summary Empty utility collections should be singletons
 * @author  Josh Bloch
 */

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class EmptyCollectionSerialization {
    private static Object patheticDeepCopy(Object o) throws Exception {
        // Serialize
        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
        oos.writeObject(o);
        byte[] serializedForm = bos.toByteArray();

        // Deserialize
        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(serializedForm);
        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(is);
        return ois.readObject();
    }

    private static boolean isSingleton(Object o) throws Exception {
        return patheticDeepCopy(o) == o;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        if (!isSingleton(Collections.EMPTY_SET))
            throw new Exception("EMPTY_SET");
        if (!isSingleton(Collections.EMPTY_LIST))
            throw new Exception("EMPTY_LIST");
        if (!isSingleton(Collections.EMPTY_MAP))
            throw new Exception("EMPTY_MAP");
    }
}