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+/*
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+
+package org.apache.tools.ant.util;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+
+/**
+ * this test just makes sure that we really do create weak references
+ * on java1.2+, and is written to not import the WeakishReference12 class
+ * because then we'd have to make the class conditional on java1.2+.
+ */
+public class ReferencesTest extends TestCase{
+
+    public ReferencesTest(String s) {
+        super(s);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * look at the type of a reference we have created
+     */
+    public static void testReferencesAreSoft() {
+        boolean isJava11=JavaEnvUtils.isJavaVersion(JavaEnvUtils.JAVA_1_1);
+        WeakishReference reference = WeakishReference.createReference(new Object());
+        if (reference instanceof WeakishReference.HardReference
+            && !isJava11) {
+            fail("We should be creating soft references in this version of Java");
+        }
+    }
+
+}