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+
+package org.apache.poi.hssf.record;
+
+import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.HSSFTestDataSamples;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.DVConstraint;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFDataValidation;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DataValidationConstraint;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddressList;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Verify that presence of PLV record doesn't break data
+ * validation, bug #53972:
+ * https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53972
+ *
+ * @author Andrew Novikov
+ */
+
+public final class TestPLVRecord extends TestCase {
+ private final static String DV_DEFINITION = "$A$1:$A$5";
+ private final static String XLS_FILENAME = "53972.xls";
+ private final static String SHEET_NAME = "S2";
+
+ public void testPLVRecord() throws Exception {
+ InputStream is = HSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream(XLS_FILENAME);
+ HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(is);
+
+ CellRangeAddressList cellRange = new CellRangeAddressList(0, 0, 1, 1);
+ DataValidationConstraint constraint = DVConstraint.createFormulaListConstraint(DV_DEFINITION);
+ HSSFDataValidation dataValidation = new HSSFDataValidation(cellRange, constraint);
+
+ // This used to throw an error before
+ try {
+ workbook.getSheet(SHEET_NAME).addValidationData(dataValidation);
+ } catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
+ throw new AssertionFailedError("Identified bug 53972, PLV record breaks addDataValidation()");
+ }
+ }
+}