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+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.namingstrategy.collectionJoinTableNaming;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.FetchType;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToMany;
+import javax.persistence.OrderColumn;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.GenericGenerator;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.EJB3NamingStrategy;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.ImprovedNamingStrategy;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Collection;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Column;
+import org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaExport;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ * @author Alessandro Polverini
+ */
+public class CollectionJoinTableNamingTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9908" )
+	public void testCollectionJoinTableNamingLegacyStrategy() {
+		Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
+		cfg.setNamingStrategy( ImprovedNamingStrategy.INSTANCE );
+
+		cfg.addAnnotatedClass( Input.class );
+		cfg.addAnnotatedClass( Ptx.class );
+		cfg.buildMappings();
+
+		Collection inputs1Mapping = cfg.getCollectionMapping( Ptx.class.getName() + ".inputs1" );
+		assertEquals( "ptx_inputs1", inputs1Mapping.getCollectionTable().getName() );
+
+		Collection inputs2Mapping = cfg.getCollectionMapping( Ptx.class.getName() + ".inputs2" );
+		assertEquals( "ptx_inputs2", inputs2Mapping.getCollectionTable().getName() );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9908" )
+	public void testCollectionJoinTableNamingJpaCompliantStrategy() {
+		// Even in 4.3, with JPA compliant naming, Hibernate creates an unusable table...
+
+		Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
+		cfg.setNamingStrategy( EJB3NamingStrategy.INSTANCE );
+
+		cfg.addAnnotatedClass( Input.class );
+		cfg.addAnnotatedClass( Ptx.class );
+		cfg.buildMappings();
+
+		Collection inputs1Mapping = cfg.getCollectionMapping( Ptx.class.getName() + ".inputs1" );
+		assertEquals( "ptx_input", inputs1Mapping.getCollectionTable().getName() );
+
+		Collection inputs2Mapping = cfg.getCollectionMapping( Ptx.class.getName() + ".inputs2" );
+		assertEquals( "ptx_input", inputs2Mapping.getCollectionTable().getName() );
+
+		assertSame( inputs1Mapping.getCollectionTable(), inputs2Mapping.getCollectionTable() );
+
+		new SchemaExport( cfg ).create( true, false );
+
+		for ( int i = 0; i < inputs1Mapping.getCollectionTable().getColumnSpan(); i++ ) {
+			final Column column = inputs1Mapping.getCollectionTable().getColumn( i );
+
+			// this, coupled with JPA saying the 2 collections implicitly map to the same table,
+			// is the crux of the problem: all columns are null, so we effectively can never
+			// insert rows into it.
+			assertFalse( column.isNullable() );
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity
+	@Table(name = "ptx")
+	public static class Ptx {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO, generator = "increment")
+		@GenericGenerator(name = "increment", strategy = "increment")
+		private Integer id;
+
+		@OrderColumn
+		@ManyToMany(cascade = {CascadeType.MERGE, CascadeType.PERSIST}, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+		private List<Input> inputs1;
+
+		@OrderColumn
+		@ManyToMany(cascade = {CascadeType.MERGE, CascadeType.PERSIST}, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+		private List<Input> inputs2;
+
+	}
+
+	@Entity
+	@Table(name = "input")
+	public class Input implements Serializable {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO, generator = "increment")
+		@GenericGenerator(name = "increment", strategy = "increment")
+		private Integer id;
+	}
+}