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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.mapping.embeddable;
+
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jira;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
+import jakarta.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Embeddable;
+import jakarta.persistence.Embedded;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Inheritance;
+import jakarta.persistence.InheritanceType;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author gtoison
+ * @author Marco Belladelli
+ */
+@SessionFactory
+@DomainModel( annotatedClasses = {
+		EmbeddableReusedColumnInheritanceTest.Food.class,
+		EmbeddableReusedColumnInheritanceTest.SolidFood.class,
+		EmbeddableReusedColumnInheritanceTest.LiquidFood.class,
+		EmbeddableReusedColumnInheritanceTest.WeightAndVolume.class
+} )
+@Jira( "https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-17156" )
+public class EmbeddableReusedColumnInheritanceTest {
+	@BeforeAll
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final SolidFood solid = new SolidFood();
+			solid.setId( 1L );
+			solid.setWeight( 42.0D );
+			session.persist( solid );
+			final LiquidFood liquid = new LiquidFood();
+			liquid.setId( 2L );
+			liquid.setWeightAndVolume( new WeightAndVolume( 1.0D, 2.0D ) );
+			session.persist( liquid );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@AfterAll
+	public void tearDown(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> session.createMutationQuery( "delete from Food" ).executeUpdate() );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSolidFood(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inSession( s -> {
+			final Food food = s.getReference( Food.class, 1L );
+			assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( food ) ).isFalse();
+			final Object unproxied = Hibernate.unproxy( food );
+			assertThat( unproxied ).isInstanceOf( SolidFood.class );
+			assertThat( ( (SolidFood) unproxied ).getWeight() ).isEqualTo( 42.0D );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testLiquidFood(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inSession( s -> {
+			final Food food = s.getReference( Food.class, 2L );
+			assertThat( Hibernate.isInitialized( food ) ).isFalse();
+			final Object unproxied = Hibernate.unproxy( food );
+			assertThat( unproxied ).isInstanceOf( LiquidFood.class );
+			assertThat( ( (LiquidFood) unproxied ).getWeightAndVolume().getWeight() ).isEqualTo( 1.0D );
+			assertThat( ( (LiquidFood) unproxied ).getWeightAndVolume().getVolume() ).isEqualTo( 2.0D );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Food" )
+	@Inheritance( strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE )
+	@DiscriminatorColumn( discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING, name = "type" )
+	@DiscriminatorValue( value = "FOOD" )
+	public static class Food {
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(Long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "SolidFood" )
+	@DiscriminatorValue( "SOLID" )
+	public static class SolidFood extends Food {
+		private Double weight;
+
+		public Double getWeight() {
+			return weight;
+		}
+
+		public void setWeight(Double weight) {
+			this.weight = weight;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "LiquidFood" )
+	@DiscriminatorValue( "LIQUID" )
+	public static class LiquidFood extends Food {
+		@Embedded
+		private WeightAndVolume weightAndVolume;
+
+		public WeightAndVolume getWeightAndVolume() {
+			return weightAndVolume;
+		}
+
+		public void setWeightAndVolume(WeightAndVolume weightAndVolume) {
+			this.weightAndVolume = weightAndVolume;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class WeightAndVolume {
+		private double weight;
+		private double volume;
+
+		public WeightAndVolume() {
+		}
+
+		public WeightAndVolume(double weight, double volume) {
+			this.weight = weight;
+			this.volume = volume;
+		}
+
+		public double getWeight() {
+			return weight;
+		}
+
+		public void setWeight(double weight) {
+			this.weight = weight;
+		}
+
+		public double getVolume() {
+			return volume;
+		}
+
+		public void setVolume(double volume) {
+			this.volume = volume;
+		}
+	}
+}
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