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+package org.hibernate.test.hbm.query;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.Metadata;
+import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.ReaderInputStream;
+import org.hibernate.engine.query.spi.sql.NativeSQLQueryReturn;
+import org.hibernate.engine.query.spi.sql.NativeSQLQueryRootReturn;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.NamedSQLQueryDefinition;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author Koen Aers
+ */
+@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-10405" )
+public class QueryReturnTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+	
+	private static String QUERY_RETURN_HBM_XML =
+			"<hibernate-mapping package='org.hibernate.test.hbm.query'>              "+
+		    "    <class name='QueryReturnTest$Bar'>                                  "+
+			"        <id name='id'>                                                  "+
+		    "            <generator class='sequence'/>                               "+
+		    "        </id>                                                           "+
+		    "        <property name='foo' type='string'/>                            "+
+			"    </class>                                                            "+
+		    "    <sql-query name='myQuery'>                                          "+
+			"        <synchronize table='myTable'/>                                  "+ 
+		    "        <return                                                         "+
+			"                alias='e'                                               "+
+		    "                class='org.hibernate.test.hbm.query.QueryReturnTest$Bar'"+
+			"        />                                                              "+
+		    "        <![CDATA[from elephant as {e} where {e.age} > 50]]>             "+
+		    "    </sql-query>                                                        "+    	
+			"</hibernate-mapping>                                                    ";
+
+	@Test
+	public void testQueryReturn() {
+		StandardServiceRegistryBuilder serviceRegistryBuilder = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
+				.applySetting("hibernate.dialect", "org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect");
+		MetadataSources metadataSources = new MetadataSources(serviceRegistryBuilder.build());
+		metadataSources.addInputStream(new ReaderInputStream(new StringReader(QUERY_RETURN_HBM_XML)));
+		Metadata metadata = metadataSources.buildMetadata();
+		NamedSQLQueryDefinition myQuery = metadata.getNamedNativeQueryDefinition("myQuery");
+		Assert.assertNotNull(myQuery);
+		NativeSQLQueryReturn[] myQueryReturns = myQuery.getQueryReturns();
+		Assert.assertNotNull(myQueryReturns);
+		Assert.assertEquals(1, myQueryReturns.length);
+		Assert.assertTrue(NativeSQLQueryRootReturn.class.isInstance(myQueryReturns[0]));
+		NativeSQLQueryRootReturn myQueryRootReturn = (NativeSQLQueryRootReturn)myQueryReturns[0];
+		Assert.assertEquals("e", myQueryRootReturn.getAlias());
+		Assert.assertEquals("org.hibernate.test.hbm.query.QueryReturnTest$Bar", myQueryRootReturn.getReturnEntityName());
+	}
+
+	public class Bar {
+		public Integer id;		
+		public String foo;
+	}
+
+}