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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.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
+import org.hibernate.graph.spi.RootGraphImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.jpa.AvailableHints;
+
+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.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.CascadeType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.FetchType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedAttributeNode;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedEntityGraph;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedEntityGraphs;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedSubgraph;
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
+import jakarta.persistence.OrderBy;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Marco Belladelli
+ */
+@DomainModel( annotatedClasses = {
+		FindGraphCollectionOrderByTest.Level1.class,
+		FindGraphCollectionOrderByTest.Level2.class,
+		FindGraphCollectionOrderByTest.Level3.class,
+} )
+@SessionFactory
+@Jira( "https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-18436" )
+public class FindGraphCollectionOrderByTest {
+	@Test
+	public void testLoadGraphFind(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeTest( scope, AvailableHints.HINT_SPEC_LOAD_GRAPH, true );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testLoadGraphQuery(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeTest( scope, AvailableHints.HINT_SPEC_LOAD_GRAPH, false );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testFetchGraphFind(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeTest( scope, AvailableHints.HINT_SPEC_FETCH_GRAPH, true );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testFetchGraphQuery(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		executeTest( scope, AvailableHints.HINT_SPEC_FETCH_GRAPH, false );
+	}
+
+
+	private void executeTest(SessionFactoryScope scope, String hint, boolean find) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final RootGraphImplementor<?> graph = session.getEntityGraph( "level1_loadAll" );
+			final Level1 root = find ? session.find( Level1.class, 1L, Map.of( hint, graph ) ) :
+					session.createQuery( "from Level1 where id = :id", Level1.class )
+							.setParameter( "id", 1L )
+							.setHint( hint, graph )
+							.getSingleResult();
+
+			assertThat( root.getChildren() ).matches( Hibernate::isInitialized ).hasSize( 3 );
+			long i = 1;
+			for ( final Level2 child : root.getChildren() ) {
+				if ( i == 2 ) {
+					assertThat( child.getChildren() ).matches( Hibernate::isInitialized ).hasSize( 1 );
+				}
+				assertThat( child.getId() ).as( "Children not in expected order" ).isEqualTo( i++ );
+			}
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final Level1 root = new Level1( 1L );
+			new Level2( root, 1L );
+			final Level2 child2 = new Level2( root, 2L );
+			new Level2( root, 3L );
+			new Level3( child2, 1L );
+			session.persist( root );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@AfterAll
+	public void tearDown(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.getSessionFactory().getSchemaManager().truncateMappedObjects();
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Level1" )
+	@NamedEntityGraphs( {
+			@NamedEntityGraph(
+					name = "level1_loadAll",
+					attributeNodes = {
+							@NamedAttributeNode( value = "children", subgraph = "subgraph.children" )
+					},
+					subgraphs = {
+							@NamedSubgraph(
+									name = "subgraph.children",
+									attributeNodes = {
+											@NamedAttributeNode( value = "children" )
+									}
+							)
+					}
+			)
+	} )
+	static class Level1 {
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		@OneToMany( fetch = FetchType.LAZY,
+				mappedBy = "parent",
+				cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST )
+		@OrderBy( "id" )
+		private Set<Level2> children = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+
+		public Level1() {
+		}
+
+		public Level1(Long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(Long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public Set<Level2> getChildren() {
+			return children;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Level2" )
+	static class Level2 {
+		@Id
+		Long id;
+
+		@ManyToOne( fetch = FetchType.LAZY )
+		@JoinColumn( name = "parent_id" )
+		private Level1 parent;
+
+		@OneToMany( fetch = FetchType.LAZY,
+				mappedBy = "parent",
+				cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST )
+		@OrderBy( "id" )
+		private Set<Level3> children = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+
+		public Level2() {
+		}
+
+		public Level2(Level1 parent, Long id) {
+			this.parent = parent;
+			this.id = id;
+			parent.getChildren().add( this );
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(Long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public Level1 getParent() {
+			return parent;
+		}
+
+		public void setParent(Level1 parent) {
+			this.parent = parent;
+		}
+
+		public Set<Level3> getChildren() {
+			return children;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Level3" )
+	static class Level3 {
+		@Id
+		Long id;
+
+		@ManyToOne( fetch = FetchType.LAZY )
+		@JoinColumn( name = "parent_id" )
+		private Level2 parent;
+
+		public Level3() {
+		}
+
+		public Level3(Level2 parent, Long id) {
+			this.parent = parent;
+			this.id = id;
+			parent.getChildren().add( this );
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(Long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public Level2 getParent() {
+			return parent;
+		}
+
+		public void setParent(Level2 parent) {
+			this.parent = parent;
+		}
+	}
+}