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+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.annotations.collectionelement;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Cascade;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Fetch;
+import org.hibernate.orm.test.annotations.collectionelement.ElementCollectionOfEmbeddableWithEntityWithEntityCollectionTest.Event;
+import org.hibernate.orm.test.annotations.collectionelement.ElementCollectionOfEmbeddableWithEntityWithEntityCollectionTest.Plan;
+import org.hibernate.orm.test.annotations.collectionelement.ElementCollectionOfEmbeddableWithEntityWithEntityCollectionTest.SubPlan;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.jdbc.SQLStatementInspector;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.CollectionTable;
+import jakarta.persistence.ElementCollection;
+import jakarta.persistence.Embeddable;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToMany;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import jakarta.persistence.OrderColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.Table;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+import static org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType.ALL;
+import static org.hibernate.annotations.FetchMode.SUBSELECT;
+
+@DomainModel(
+		annotatedClasses = {
+				Plan.class,
+				SubPlan.class,
+				Event.class
+		}
+)
+@SessionFactory( useCollectingStatementInspector = true )
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-15713")
+public class ElementCollectionOfEmbeddableWithEntityWithEntityCollectionTest {
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					Event event = new Event( 1, "event" );
+					Event event2 = new Event( 2, "event2" );
+
+					Event event3 = new Event( 3, "event3" );
+					Event event4 = new Event( 4, "event4" );
+
+					SubPlan subPlan = new SubPlan( 1 );
+					subPlan.addEvent( event );
+					subPlan.addEvent( event2 );
+
+					SubPlan subPlan2 = new SubPlan( 2 );
+					subPlan.addEvent( event3 );
+					subPlan.addEvent( event4 );
+
+					Transfer transfer = new Transfer( subPlan );
+					Transfer transfer2 = new Transfer( subPlan2 );
+
+					Plan plan = new Plan( 1 );
+					plan.addTransfer( transfer );
+					plan.addTransfer( transfer2  );
+
+					session.persist( plan );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInitializeCollection(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		final SQLStatementInspector statementInspector = scope.getCollectingStatementInspector();
+		statementInspector.clear();
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					Plan plan = session.get( Plan.class, 1 );
+					Assertions.assertThat( statementInspector.getSqlQueries() ).hasSize( 1 );
+					statementInspector.clear();
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( plan ) ).isTrue();
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( plan.getTransfers() ) ).isFalse();
+
+					List<Transfer> transfers = plan.getTransfers();
+
+
+					Transfer transfer = transfers.get( 0 );
+					Assertions.assertThat( statementInspector.getSqlQueries() ).hasSize( 1 );
+					statementInspector.clear();
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( transfer ) ).isTrue();
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isPropertyInitialized( transfer, "subPlan" ) ).isTrue();
+
+					Transfer transfer1 = transfers.get( 1 );
+					Assertions.assertThat( statementInspector.getSqlQueries() ).hasSize( 0 );
+
+					SubPlan subPlan = transfer.getSubPlan();
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( subPlan.getEvents()) ).isFalse();
+
+					SubPlan subPlan1 = transfer1.getSubPlan();
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( subPlan1.getEvents() ) ).isFalse();
+
+					List<Event> events = subPlan.getEvents();
+					Event event = events.get( 0 );
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( subPlan.getEvents()) ).isTrue();
+
+					Assertions.assertThat( statementInspector.getSqlQueries() ).hasSize( 1 );
+					assertThat(event).isNotNull();
+					assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( event ) ).isTrue();
+
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Plan")
+	@Table(name = "PLAN_TABLE")
+	public static class Plan {
+		@Id
+		public Integer id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		@ElementCollection
+		@OrderColumn(name = "position")
+		@Cascade(ALL)
+		@CollectionTable(name = "transfer", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "plan_id"))
+		public List<Transfer> transfers = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		public Plan() {
+		}
+
+		public Plan(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public List<Transfer> getTransfers() {
+			return transfers;
+		}
+
+		public void addTransfer(Transfer transfer) {
+			this.transfers.add( transfer );
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Transfer {
+		@ManyToOne
+		@JoinColumn(name = "subplan_id")
+		@Cascade(ALL)
+		public SubPlan subPlan;
+
+		public Transfer() {
+		}
+
+		public Transfer(SubPlan subPlan) {
+			this.subPlan = subPlan;
+		}
+
+		public SubPlan getSubPlan() {
+			return subPlan;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "SubPlan")
+	@Table(name = "SUBPLAN_TABLE")
+	public static class SubPlan {
+		@Id
+		public Integer id;
+
+		public String name;
+
+		@ManyToMany
+		@Fetch(SUBSELECT)
+		@Cascade(ALL)
+		public List<Event> events = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		public SubPlan() {
+		}
+
+		public SubPlan(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public List<Event> getEvents() {
+			return events;
+		}
+
+		public void addEvent(Event event) {
+			this.events.add( event );
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Event")
+	@Table(name = "EVENT_TABLE")
+	public static class Event {
+		@Id
+		public Integer id;
+
+		public String name;
+
+		public Event() {
+		}
+
+		public Event(Integer id, String name) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+	}
+}