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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.entitygraph;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.jdbc.SQLStatementInspector;
+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.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityGraph;
+import jakarta.persistence.FetchType;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedAttributeNode;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedEntityGraph;
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Join;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.JoinType;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Root;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.hibernate.jpa.SpecHints.HINT_SPEC_FETCH_GRAPH;
+
+/**
+ * @author Marco Belladelli
+ */
+@DomainModel( annotatedClasses = {
+		EntityGraphAndJoinTest.Person.class,
+		EntityGraphAndJoinTest.Address.class,
+} )
+@SessionFactory( useCollectingStatementInspector = true )
+@Jira( "https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-17629" )
+public class EntityGraphAndJoinTest {
+	@BeforeAll
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final Address a1 = new Address( 1L, "test" );
+			final Address a2 = new Address( 2L, "test" );
+			session.persist( a1 );
+			session.persist( a2 );
+			session.persist( new Person( "Marco", a1 ) );
+			session.persist( new Person( "Andrea", a2 ) );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testHqlJoin(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeQuery( scope, false, false );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testHqlLeftJoin(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeQuery( scope, false, true );
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testCriteriaJoin(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeQuery( scope, true, false );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCriteriaLeftJoin(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeQuery( scope, true, true );
+	}
+
+	private void executeQuery(SessionFactoryScope scope, boolean criteria, boolean leftJoin) {
+		final SQLStatementInspector inspector = scope.getCollectingStatementInspector();
+		inspector.clear();
+
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final TypedQuery<Person> query;
+			if ( criteria ) {
+				final CriteriaBuilder cb = session.getCriteriaBuilder();
+				final CriteriaQuery<Person> cq = cb.createQuery( Person.class );
+				final Root<Person> root = cq.from( Person.class );
+				final Join<Person, Address> join = root.join( "address", leftJoin ? JoinType.LEFT : JoinType.INNER );
+				cq.distinct( true ).where( cb.equal( join.get( "description" ), "test" ) ).orderBy( cb.asc( join.get( "id" ) ) );
+				query = session.createQuery( cq.distinct( true ) );
+			}
+			else {
+				query = session.createQuery( String.format(
+						"select distinct p from Person p %s p.address a where a.description = 'test' order by a.id",
+						leftJoin ? "left join" : "join"
+				), Person.class );
+			}
+			final EntityGraph<?> entityGraph = session.getEntityGraph( "test-graph" );
+			final List<Person> resultList = query.setHint( HINT_SPEC_FETCH_GRAPH, entityGraph ).getResultList();
+			assertThat( resultList ).hasSize( 2 );
+			assertThat( resultList.stream().map( p -> p.getAddress().getId() ) ).containsExactly( 1L, 2L );
+			inspector.assertExecutedCount( 1 );
+			inspector.assertNumberOfOccurrenceInQuery( 0, "join", 1 );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Address" )
+	public static class Address {
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String description;
+
+		public Address() {
+		}
+
+		public Address(Long id, String description) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.description = description;
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public String getDescription() {
+			return description;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Person" )
+	@NamedEntityGraph( name = "test-graph", attributeNodes = {
+			@NamedAttributeNode( "address" ),
+	} )
+	public static class Person {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Integer id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		@ManyToOne( fetch = FetchType.LAZY )
+		@JoinColumn( name = "address_id" )
+		private Address address;
+
+		public Person() {
+		}
+
+		public Person(String name, Address address) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.address = address;
+		}
+
+		public Address getAddress() {
+			return address;
+		}
+	}
+}