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/*
 *@test
 *@bug 4848242
 *@summary Make sure that MET time zone is not misinterpreted in euro locales.
 *         Display the MET and MEST TZ human-readable name in all euro locales.
 */

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;

public class Bug4848242 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        getTzInfo("de", "DE");
        getTzInfo("es", "ES");
        getTzInfo("fr", "FR");
        getTzInfo("it", "IT");
        getTzInfo("sv", "SV");
    }

    static void getTzInfo(String langName, String locName)
    {
        Locale tzLocale = new Locale(langName, locName);
        TimeZone euroTz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("MET");

        System.out.println("Locale is " + langName + "_" + locName);

        if ( euroTz.getID().equalsIgnoreCase("GMT") ) {
            // if we don't have a timezone and default back to GMT
            throw new RuntimeException("Error: no time zone found");
        }

        // get the timezone info
        System.out.println(euroTz.getDisplayName(false, TimeZone.SHORT, tzLocale));
        if(!euroTz.getDisplayName(false, TimeZone.SHORT, tzLocale).equals("MET"))
          throw new RuntimeException("Timezone name is incorrect (should be MET)\n");
        System.out.println(euroTz.getDisplayName(false, TimeZone.LONG, tzLocale));

        System.out.println(euroTz.getDisplayName(true, TimeZone.SHORT, tzLocale));
        if(!euroTz.getDisplayName(true, TimeZone.SHORT, tzLocale).equals("MEST"))
            throw new RuntimeException("Summer timezone name is incorrect (should be MEST)\n");
        System.out.println(euroTz.getDisplayName(true, TimeZone.LONG, tzLocale) + "\n");

    }

}