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/* @test
@bug 4089062
@summary A String created from a StringBuffer can be overwritten
if setLength() to a value less than the buffer length is called
on the StringBuffer and then the StringBuffer is appended to.
@author Robert Field
*/
public class SetLength {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
StringBuffer active = new StringBuffer();
active.append("first one");
String a = active.toString();
active.setLength(0);
active.append("second");
String b = active.toString();
active.setLength(0);
System.out.println("first: " + a);
System.out.println("second: " + b);
if (!a.equals("first one")) {
throw new Exception("StringBuffer.setLength() overwrote string");
}
}
}