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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+
+/**
+ * Test instance creation.
+ */
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        testClassNewInstance();
+        testConstructorNewInstance();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests Class.newInstance().
+     */
+    static void testClassNewInstance() {
+        // should succeed
+        try {
+            Class c = Class.forName("LocalClass");
+            Object obj = c.newInstance();
+            System.out.println("LocalClass succeeded");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("LocalClass failed");
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        // should fail
+        try {
+            Class c = Class.forName("otherpackage.PackageAccess");
+            Object obj = c.newInstance();
+            System.err.println("ERROR: PackageAccess succeeded unexpectedly");
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            System.out.println("Got expected PackageAccess complaint");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("Got unexpected PackageAccess failure");
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        LocalClass3.main();
+
+        try {
+            MaybeAbstract ma = new MaybeAbstract();
+            System.err.println("ERROR: MaybeAbstract succeeded unexpectedly");
+        } catch (InstantiationError ie) {
+            System.out.println("Got expected InstantationError");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("Got unexpected MaybeAbstract failure");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests Constructor.newInstance().
+     */
+    static void testConstructorNewInstance() {
+        // should fail -- getConstructor only returns public constructors
+        try {
+            Class c = Class.forName("LocalClass");
+            Constructor cons = c.getConstructor(new Class[0] /*(Class[])null*/);
+            System.err.println("Cons LocalClass succeeded unexpectedly");
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
+            System.out.println("Cons LocalClass failed as expected");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("Cons LocalClass failed strangely");
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        // should succeed
+        try {
+            Class c = Class.forName("LocalClass2");
+            Constructor cons = c.getConstructor((Class[]) null);
+            Object obj = cons.newInstance();
+            System.out.println("Cons LocalClass2 succeeded");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("Cons LocalClass2 failed");
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        // should fail
+        try {
+            Class c = Class.forName("otherpackage.PackageAccess");
+            Constructor cons = c.getConstructor(new Class[0] /*(Class[])null*/);
+            System.err.println("ERROR: Cons PackageAccess succeeded unexpectedly");
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
+            System.out.println("Cons got expected PackageAccess complaint");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("Cons got unexpected PackageAccess failure");
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        // should fail
+        try {
+            Class c = Class.forName("MaybeAbstract");
+            Constructor cons = c.getConstructor(new Class[0] /*(Class[])null*/);
+            Object obj = cons.newInstance();
+            System.err.println("ERROR: Cons MaybeAbstract succeeded unexpectedly");
+        } catch (InstantiationException ie) {
+            // note InstantiationException vs. InstantiationError
+            System.out.println("Cons got expected InstantationException");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("Cons got unexpected MaybeAbstract failure");
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class LocalClass {
+    // this class has a default constructor with package visibility
+}
+
+class LocalClass2 {
+    public LocalClass2() {}
+}
+
+
+class LocalClass3 {
+    public static void main() {
+        try {
+            CC.newInstance();
+            System.out.println("LocalClass3 succeeded");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.err.println("Got unexpected LocalClass3 failure");
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class CC {
+        private CC() {}
+
+        static Object newInstance() {
+            try {
+                Class c = CC.class;
+                return c.newInstance();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                ex.printStackTrace();
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}