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+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+/**
+ * @group DDC-2759
+ */
+class DDC2759Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    protected function setup()
+    {
+        parent::setup();
+
+        try {
+            $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(array(
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC2759Qualification'),
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC2759Category'),
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC2759QualificationMetadata'),
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC2759MetadataCategory'),
+            ));
+        } catch(\Exception $e) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $qualification = new DDC2759Qualification();
+        $qualificationMetadata = new DDC2759QualificationMetadata($qualification);
+
+        $category1 = new DDC2759Category();
+        $category2 = new DDC2759Category();
+
+        $metadataCategory1 = new DDC2759MetadataCategory($qualificationMetadata, $category1);
+        $metadataCategory2 = new DDC2759MetadataCategory($qualificationMetadata, $category2);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($qualification);
+        $this->_em->persist($qualificationMetadata);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($category1);
+        $this->_em->persist($category2);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($metadataCategory1);
+        $this->_em->persist($metadataCategory2);
+
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+    }
+
+    public function testCorrectNumberOfAssociationsIsReturned()
+    {
+        $repository = $this->_em->getRepository(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC2759Qualification');
+
+        $builder = $repository->createQueryBuilder('q')
+            ->select('q, qm, qmc')
+            ->innerJoin('q.metadata', 'qm')
+            ->innerJoin('qm.metadataCategories', 'qmc');
+
+        $result = $builder->getQuery()
+            ->getArrayResult();
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $result[0]['metadata']['metadataCategories']);
+    }
+}
+
+/** @Entity  @Table(name="ddc_2759_qualification") */
+class DDC2759Qualification
+{
+    /** @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue */
+    public $id;
+
+    /** @OneToOne(targetEntity="DDC2759QualificationMetadata", mappedBy="content") */
+    public $metadata;
+}
+
+/** @Entity  @Table(name="ddc_2759_category") */
+class DDC2759Category
+{
+    /** @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue */
+    public $id;
+
+    /** @OneToMany(targetEntity="DDC2759MetadataCategory", mappedBy="category") */
+    public $metadataCategories;
+}
+
+/** @Entity  @Table(name="ddc_2759_qualification_metadata") */
+class DDC2759QualificationMetadata
+{
+    /** @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue */
+    public $id;
+
+    /** @OneToOne(targetEntity="DDC2759Qualification", inversedBy="metadata") */
+    public $content;
+
+    /** @OneToMany(targetEntity="DDC2759MetadataCategory", mappedBy="metadata") */
+    protected $metadataCategories;
+
+    public function __construct(DDC2759Qualification $content)
+    {
+        $this->content = $content;
+    }
+}
+
+/** @Entity  @Table(name="ddc_2759_metadata_category") */
+class DDC2759MetadataCategory
+{
+    /** @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue */
+    public $id;
+
+    /** @ManyToOne(targetEntity="DDC2759QualificationMetadata", inversedBy="metadataCategories") */
+    public $metadata;
+
+    /** @ManyToOne(targetEntity="DDC2759Category", inversedBy="metadataCategories") */
+    public $category;
+
+    public function __construct(DDC2759QualificationMetadata $metadata, DDC2759Category $category)
+    {
+        $this->metadata = $metadata;
+        $this->category = $category;
+    }
+}