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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.test.nationalized;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Nationalized;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect;
+import org.hibernate.resource.transaction.spi.TransactionStatus;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialect;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "10495")
+@RequiresDialect(value = Oracle10gDialect.class)
+public class StringNationalizedTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {NationalizedEntity.class};
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSaveEntityWithNationalizedProperty() {
+		Session s = openSession();
+		s.getTransaction().begin();
+		try {
+			NationalizedEntity ne = new NationalizedEntity();
+			ne.name = "Hello";
+			s.save( ne );
+			s.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( s.getTransaction().getStatus() == TransactionStatus.ACTIVE ) {
+				s.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			s.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "NationalizedEntity")
+	@Table(name = "NATIONALIZED_ENTITY")
+	public static class NationalizedEntity {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private long id;
+
+		@Nationalized
+		String name;
+	}
+}