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+/*
+ * Hibernate Search, full-text search for your domain model
+ *
+ * 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.loading;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToOne;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class LoadContainedInDoubleContainingTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] { Containing.class, OtherContained.class, Contained.class };
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() {
+		inTransaction( session -> {
+			Containing containing = new Containing( 1, "initial" );
+			OtherContained otherContained = new OtherContained( 2, "initial" );
+			containing.setOtherContained( otherContained );
+			otherContained.setContaining( containing );
+			session.persist( containing );
+			session.persist( otherContained );
+		} );
+
+		inTransaction( session -> {
+			OtherContained entity = session.load( OtherContained.class, 2 );
+			String text = entity.getText();
+			assertThat( text ).isEqualTo( "initial" );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = Containing.NAME)
+	public static class Containing {
+
+		static final String NAME = "Containing";
+
+		@Id
+		private Integer id;
+		private String text;
+
+		@OneToOne(mappedBy = "containing")
+		private Contained contained;
+
+		// In order to reproduce the error it is strictly necessary that
+		// the name of this field has a lexical order grater than the one above:
+		// `otherContained` >> `contained`.
+		@OneToOne(mappedBy = "containing")
+		private OtherContained otherContained;
+
+		public Containing() {
+		}
+
+		public Containing(Integer id, String text) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.text = text;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+		public void setId(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+		public String getText() {
+			return text;
+		}
+		public void setText(String text) {
+			this.text = text;
+		}
+		public Contained getContained() {
+			return contained;
+		}
+		public void setContained(Contained contained) {
+			this.contained = contained;
+		}
+		public OtherContained getOtherContained() {
+			return otherContained;
+		}
+		public void setOtherContained(OtherContained otherContained) {
+			this.otherContained = otherContained;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = Contained.NAME)
+	public static class Contained {
+
+		static final String NAME = "Contained";
+
+		@Id
+		private Integer id;
+		private String text;
+
+		@OneToOne
+		private Containing containing;
+
+		public Contained() {
+		}
+
+		public Contained(Integer id, String text) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.text = text;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+		public void setId(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+		public String getText() {
+			return text;
+		}
+		public void setText(String text) {
+			this.text = text;
+		}
+		public Containing getContaining() {
+			return containing;
+		}
+		public void setContaining(Containing containing) {
+			this.containing = containing;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = OtherContained.NAME)
+	public static class OtherContained {
+
+		static final String NAME = "OtherContained";
+
+		@Id
+		private Integer id;
+		private String text;
+
+		@OneToOne
+		private Containing containing;
+
+		public OtherContained() {
+		}
+
+		public OtherContained(Integer id, String text) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.text = text;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+		public void setId(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+		public String getText() {
+			return text;
+		}
+		public void setText(String text) {
+			this.text = text;
+		}
+		public Containing getContaining() {
+			return containing;
+		}
+		public void setContaining(Containing containing) {
+			this.containing = containing;
+		}
+	}
+}