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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.schemaupdate;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
+import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl;
+import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.ConnectionProvider;
+import org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaUpdate;
+import org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaValidator;
+import org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.Target;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10443")
+public class ConnectionsReleaseTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+
+	public static Properties getConnectionProviderProperties() {
+		Properties props = new Properties();
+		props.put( Environment.DRIVER, "org.h2.Driver" );
+		props.put( Environment.URL, String.format( "jdbc:h2:mem:%s;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1", "db1" ) );
+		props.put( Environment.USER, "sa" );
+		props.put( Environment.PASS, "" );
+		return props;
+	}
+
+	private StandardServiceRegistry ssr;
+	private MetadataImplementor metadata;
+	private ConnectionProviderDecorator connectionProvider;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+		connectionProvider = new ConnectionProviderDecorator();
+		connectionProvider.configure( getConnectionProviderProperties() );
+
+		ssr = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
+				.addService( ConnectionProvider.class, connectionProvider )
+				.build();
+		metadata = (MetadataImplementor) new MetadataSources( ssr )
+				.addAnnotatedClass( Thing.class )
+				.buildMetadata();
+		metadata.validate();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() {
+		StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.destroy( ssr );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSchemaUpdateReleasesAllConnections() throws SQLException {
+
+		new SchemaUpdate( ssr, metadata ).execute( Target.EXPORT );
+
+		assertThat( connectionProvider.getOpenConnection(), is( 0 ) );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSchemaValidatorReleasesAllConnections() throws SQLException {
+
+		new SchemaValidator( ssr, metadata ).validate();
+
+		assertThat( connectionProvider.getOpenConnection(), is( 0 ) );
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Thing")
+	@Table(name = "Thing")
+	public static class Thing {
+		@Id
+		public Integer id;
+	}
+
+	public static class ConnectionProviderDecorator extends DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl {
+		private int openConnection;
+
+		@Override
+		public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
+			openConnection++;
+			return super.getConnection();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void closeConnection(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
+			super.closeConnection( conn );
+			openConnection--;
+		}
+
+		public int getOpenConnection() {
+			return this.openConnection;
+		}
+	}
+}