--- jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2011/05/30 22:42:22	1.86
+++ jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2011/12/08 18:54:46	1.91
@@ -528,6 +528,28 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
     }
 
     /**
+     * Checks that the threads do not terminate within the default
+     * millisecond delay of {@code timeoutMillis()}.
+     */
+    void assertThreadsStayAlive(Thread... threads) {
+        assertThreadsStayAlive(timeoutMillis(), threads);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that the threads do not terminate within the given millisecond delay.
+     */
+    void assertThreadsStayAlive(long millis, Thread... threads) {
+        try {
+            // No need to optimize the failing case via Thread.join.
+            delay(millis);
+            for (Thread thread : threads)
+                assertTrue(thread.isAlive());
+        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+            fail("Unexpected InterruptedException");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Checks that future.get times out, with the default timeout of
      * {@code timeoutMillis()}.
      */
@@ -690,12 +712,11 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
     }
 
     /**
-     * Waits up to the specified number of milliseconds for the given
+     * Spin-waits up to the specified number of milliseconds for the given
      * thread to enter a wait state: BLOCKED, WAITING, or TIMED_WAITING.
      */
     void waitForThreadToEnterWaitState(Thread thread, long timeoutMillis) {
-        long timeoutNanos = timeoutMillis * 1000L * 1000L;
-        long t0 = System.nanoTime();
+        long startTime = System.nanoTime();
         for (;;) {
             Thread.State s = thread.getState();
             if (s == Thread.State.BLOCKED ||
@@ -704,7 +725,7 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
                 return;
             else if (s == Thread.State.TERMINATED)
                 fail("Unexpected thread termination");
-            else if (System.nanoTime() - t0 > timeoutNanos) {
+            else if (millisElapsedSince(startTime) > timeoutMillis) {
                 threadAssertTrue(thread.isAlive());
                 return;
             }
@@ -905,6 +926,14 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
         }
     }
 
+    public void await(Semaphore semaphore) {
+        try {
+            assertTrue(semaphore.tryAcquire(LONG_DELAY_MS, MILLISECONDS));
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            threadUnexpectedException(t);
+        }
+    }
+
 //     /**
 //      * Spin-waits up to LONG_DELAY_MS until flag becomes true.
 //      */
@@ -1173,18 +1202,36 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
         }
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    <T> T serialClone(T o) {
+    void assertSerialEquals(Object x, Object y) {
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(serialBytes(x), serialBytes(y)));
+    }
+
+    void assertNotSerialEquals(Object x, Object y) {
+        assertFalse(Arrays.equals(serialBytes(x), serialBytes(y)));
+    }
+
+    byte[] serialBytes(Object o) {
         try {
             ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
             ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
             oos.writeObject(o);
             oos.flush();
             oos.close();
-            ByteArrayInputStream bin =
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(bos.toByteArray());
-            ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bin);
-            return (T) ois.readObject();
+            return bos.toByteArray();
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            threadUnexpectedException(t);
+            return new byte[0];
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    <T> T serialClone(T o) {
+        try {
+            ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream
+                (new ByteArrayInputStream(serialBytes(o)));
+            T clone = (T) ois.readObject();
+            assertSame(o.getClass(), clone.getClass());
+            return clone;
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             threadUnexpectedException(t);
             return null;