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+/*
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+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8177552
+ * @summary Checks the validity of compact number patterns specified through
+ *          CompactNumberFormat constructor
+ * @run testng/othervm TestCompactPatternsValidity
+ */
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.text.CompactNumberFormat;
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class TestCompactPatternsValidity {
+
+    // Max range 10^4
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN1 = new String[]{"0", "0", "0", "0K", "00K"};
+    // Quoted special character '.' as prefix
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN2 = new String[]{"0", "'.'K0"};
+    // Quoted special character '.' as suffix
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN3 = new String[]{"0", "0", "0", "0K", "00K'.'"};
+    // Containing both prefix and suffix
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN4 = new String[]{"", "", "H0H", "0K", "00K", "H0G"};
+    // Differing while specifying prefix and suffix
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN5 = new String[]{"", "", "", "0K", "K0"};
+    // Containing both prefix ('.') and suffix (K)
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN6 = new String[]{"0", "", "", "'.'0K"};
+    // Quoted special character ',' as suffix
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN7 = new String[]{"", "0", "0", "0K','"};
+    // Most commonly used type of compact patterns with 15 elements
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN8 = new String[]{"", "", "", "0K", "00K", "000K", "0M",
+        "00M", "000M", "0B", "00B", "000B", "0T", "00T", "000T"};
+    // All empty or special patterns; checking the default formatting behaviour
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN9 = new String[]{"", "", "", "0", "0", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""};
+    // Patterns beyond 10^19; divisors beyond long range
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN10 = new String[]{"", "", "", "0K", "00K", "000K", "0M", "00M",
+        "000M", "0B", "00B", "000B", "0T", "00T", "000T", "0L", "00L", "000L", "0XL", "00XL"};
+    // Containing positive;negative subpatterns
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN11 = new String[]{"", "", "", "elfu 0;elfu -0", "elfu 00;elfu -00",
+        "elfu 000;elfu -000", "milioni 0;milioni -0", "milioni 00;milioni -00", "milioni 000;milioni -000"};
+    // Containing both prefix and suffix and positive;negative subpatern
+    private static final String[] COMPACT_PATTERN12 = new String[]{"", "", "H0H;H-0H", "0K;0K-", "00K;-00K", "H0G;-H0G"};
+
+    @DataProvider(name = "invalidPatterns")
+    Object[][] invalidCompactPatterns() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+            // compact patterns
+            // Pattern containing unquoted special character '.'
+            {new String[]{"", "", "", "0K", "0.0K"}},
+            // A non empty pattern containing no 0s (min integer digits)
+            {new String[]{"K", "0K", "00K"}},
+            // 0s (min integer digits) exceeding for the range at index 3
+            {new String[]{"", "", "0K", "00000K"}},};
+    }
+
+    @DataProvider(name = "validPatternsFormat")
+    Object[][] validPatternsFormat() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+            // compact patterns, numbers, expected output
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN1, List.of(200, 1000, 3000, 500000), List.of("200", "1K", "3K", "500K")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN2, List.of(1, 20, 3000), List.of("1", ".K2", ".K300")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN3, List.of(100.99, 1000, 30000), List.of("101", "1K", "30K.")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN4, List.of(0.0, 500, -500, 30000, 5000000), List.of("0", "H5H", "-H5H", "30K", "H50G")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN5, List.of(100, 1000, 30000), List.of("100", "1K", "K3")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN6, List.of(20.99, 1000, 30000), List.of("21", ".1K", ".30K")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN7, List.of(100, 1000, new BigInteger("12345678987654321")), List.of("100", "1K,", "12345678987654K,")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN8, List.of(new BigInteger("223565686837667632"), new BigDecimal("12322456774334.89766"), 30000, 3456.78),
+                List.of("223566T", "12T", "30K", "3K")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN9, List.of(new BigInteger("223566000000000000"), new BigDecimal("12345678987654567"), 30000, 3000),
+                List.of("223,566,000,000,000,000", "12,345,678,987,654,567", "30,000", "3,000")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN10, List.of(new BigInteger("100000000000000000"), new BigInteger("10000000000000000000"), new BigDecimal("555555555555555555555.89766"), 30000),
+                List.of("100L", "10XL", "556XL", "30K")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN11, List.of(20.99, -20.99, 1000, -1000, 30000, -30000, new BigInteger("12345678987654321"), new BigInteger("-12345678987654321")),
+                List.of("21", "-21", "elfu 1", "elfu -1", "elfu 30", "elfu -30", "milioni 12345678988", "milioni -12345678988")},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN12, List.of(0, 500, -500, 30000, -3000, 5000000), List.of("0", "H5H", "H-5H", "30K", "3K-", "H50G")},};
+    }
+
+    @DataProvider(name = "validPatternsParse")
+    Object[][] validPatternsParse() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+            // compact patterns, parse string, expected output
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN1, List.of(".56", "200", ".1K", "3K", "500K"), List.of(0.56, 200L, 100L, 3000L, 500000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN2, List.of("1", ".K2", ".K300"), List.of(1L, 20L, 3000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN3, List.of("101", "1K", "30K."), List.of(101L, 1000L, 30000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN4, List.of("0", "H5H", "-H5H", "30K", "H50G"), List.of(0L, 500L, -500L, 30000L, 5000000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN5, List.of("100", "1K", "K3"), List.of(100L, 1000L, 30000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN6, List.of("21", ".1K", ".30K"), List.of(21L, 1000L, 30000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN7, List.of("100", "1K,", "12345678987654K,"), List.of(100L, 1000L, 12345678987654000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN8, List.of("223566T", "12T", "30K", "3K"), List.of(223566000000000000L, 12000000000000L, 30000L, 3000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN10, List.of("1L", "100L", "10XL", "556XL", "30K"), List.of(1000000000000000L, 100000000000000000L, 1.0E19, 5.56E20, 30000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN11, List.of("21", "-21", "100.90", "-100.90", "elfu 1", "elfu -1", "elfu 30", "elfu -30", "milioni 12345678988", "milioni -12345678988"),
+                List.of(21L, -21L, 100.90, -100.90, 1000L, -1000L, 30000L, -30000L, 12345678988000000L, -12345678988000000L)},
+            {COMPACT_PATTERN12, List.of("0", "H5H", "H-5H", "30K", "30K-", "H50G"), List.of(0L, 500L, -500L, 30000L, -30000L, 5000000L)},};
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "invalidPatterns",
+            expectedExceptions = RuntimeException.class)
+    public void testInvalidCompactPatterns(String[] compactPatterns) {
+        new CompactNumberFormat("#,##0.0#", DecimalFormatSymbols
+                .getInstance(Locale.US), compactPatterns);
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "validPatternsFormat")
+    public void testValidPatternsFormat(String[] compactPatterns,
+            List<Object> numbers, List<String> expected) {
+        CompactNumberFormat fmt = new CompactNumberFormat("#,##0.0#",
+                DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.US), compactPatterns);
+        for (int index = 0; index < numbers.size(); index++) {
+            CompactFormatAndParseHelper.testFormat(fmt, numbers.get(index),
+                    expected.get(index));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "validPatternsParse")
+    public void testValidPatternsParse(String[] compactPatterns,
+            List<String> parseString, List<Number> numbers) throws ParseException {
+        CompactNumberFormat fmt = new CompactNumberFormat("#,##0.0#",
+                DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.US), compactPatterns);
+        for (int index = 0; index < parseString.size(); index++) {
+            CompactFormatAndParseHelper.testParse(fmt, parseString.get(index),
+                    numbers.get(index), null, null);
+        }
+    }
+}