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+package org.hibernate.tool.gradle.java;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.gradle.testkit.runner.BuildResult;
+import org.gradle.testkit.runner.GradleRunner;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+public class NoAnnotationsTest {
+	
+	private static final List<String> GRADLE_INIT_PROJECT_ARGUMENTS = List.of(
+			"init", "--type", "java-application", "--dsl", "groovy", "--test-framework", "junit-jupiter", "--java-version", "17");
+	
+	@TempDir
+	private File projectDir;
+	
+	private File gradlePropertiesFile;
+	private File gradleBuildFile;
+	private File databaseFile;
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testTutorial() throws Exception {
+		assertTrue(projectDir.exists());
+		createGradleProject();
+		editGradleBuildFile();
+		editGradlePropertiesFile();
+		createDatabase();
+		createHibernatePropertiesFile();
+		verifyDatabase();
+		executeGenerateJavaTask();
+		verifyProject();
+	}
+	
+	private void verifyDatabase() throws Exception {
+		Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(constructJdbcConnectionString());
+		ResultSet resultSet = connection.createStatement().executeQuery("select * from PERSON");
+		assertTrue(resultSet.next());
+		assertEquals(1, resultSet.getInt(1));
+		assertEquals("foo", resultSet.getString(2));
+	}
+	
+	private void createGradleProject() throws Exception {
+		GradleRunner runner = GradleRunner.create();
+		runner.withArguments(GRADLE_INIT_PROJECT_ARGUMENTS);
+		runner.forwardOutput();
+		runner.withProjectDir(projectDir);
+		BuildResult buildResult = runner.build();
+		assertTrue(buildResult.getOutput().contains("BUILD SUCCESSFUL"));
+		gradlePropertiesFile = new File(projectDir, "gradle.properties");
+		assertTrue(gradlePropertiesFile.exists());
+		assertTrue(gradlePropertiesFile.isFile());
+		File appDir = new File(projectDir, "app");
+		assertTrue(appDir.exists());
+		assertTrue(appDir.isDirectory());
+		gradleBuildFile = new File(appDir, "build.gradle");
+		assertTrue(gradleBuildFile.exists());
+		assertTrue(gradleBuildFile.isFile());
+		databaseFile = new File(projectDir, "database/test.mv.db");
+		assertFalse(databaseFile.exists());
+	}
+	
+	private void editGradleBuildFile() throws Exception {
+		StringBuffer gradleBuildFileContents = new StringBuffer(
+				new String(Files.readAllBytes(gradleBuildFile.toPath())));
+		addHibernateToolsPluginLine(gradleBuildFileContents);
+		addH2DatabaseDependencyLine(gradleBuildFileContents);
+		addHibernateToolsExtension(gradleBuildFileContents);
+		Files.writeString(gradleBuildFile.toPath(), gradleBuildFileContents.toString());
+	}
+	
+	private void editGradlePropertiesFile() throws Exception {
+		// The Hibernate Tools Gradle plugin does not support the configuration cache.
+		// As this is enabled by default when initializing a new Gradle project, the setting needs to be commented out
+		// in the gradle.properties file.
+		StringBuffer gradlePropertiesFileContents = new StringBuffer(
+				new String(Files.readAllBytes(gradlePropertiesFile.toPath())));
+		int pos = gradlePropertiesFileContents.indexOf("org.gradle.configuration-cache=true");
+		gradlePropertiesFileContents.insert(pos, "#");
+		Files.writeString(gradlePropertiesFile.toPath(), gradlePropertiesFileContents.toString());
+	}
+	
+	private void createDatabase() throws Exception {
+		String CREATE_PERSON_TABLE = "create table PERSON (ID int not null, NAME varchar(20), primary key (ID))";
+		Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(constructJdbcConnectionString());
+		Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
+		statement.execute(CREATE_PERSON_TABLE);
+		statement.execute("insert into PERSON values (1, 'foo')");
+		statement.close();
+		connection.close();	
+		assertTrue(databaseFile.exists());
+		assertTrue(databaseFile.isFile());
+	}
+	
+	private void createHibernatePropertiesFile() throws Exception {
+		File hibernatePropertiesFile = new File(projectDir, "app/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties");
+		StringBuffer hibernatePropertiesFileContents = new StringBuffer();	
+		hibernatePropertiesFileContents
+			.append("hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver\n")
+			.append("hibernate.connection.url=" + constructJdbcConnectionString() + "\n")
+			.append("hibernate.connection.username=\n")
+			.append("hibernate.connection.password=\n")
+			.append("hibernate.default_catalog=TEST\n")
+			.append("hibernate.default_schema=PUBLIC\n");
+		Files.writeString(hibernatePropertiesFile.toPath(), hibernatePropertiesFileContents.toString());
+		assertTrue(hibernatePropertiesFile.exists());
+	}
+	
+	private void executeGenerateJavaTask() throws Exception {
+		GradleRunner gradleRunner = GradleRunner.create();
+		gradleRunner.forwardOutput();
+		gradleRunner.withProjectDir(projectDir);
+		gradleRunner.withPluginClasspath();
+		gradleRunner.withArguments("generateJava");
+		BuildResult buildResult = gradleRunner.build();
+		assertTrue(buildResult.getOutput().contains("BUILD SUCCESSFUL"));
+	}
+	
+	private void verifyProject() throws Exception {
+		File generatedOutputFolder = new File(projectDir, "app/generated-sources");
+		assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.exists());
+		assertTrue(generatedOutputFolder.isDirectory());
+		assertEquals(1, generatedOutputFolder.list().length);
+		File generatedPersonJavaFile = new File(generatedOutputFolder, "Person.java");
+		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.exists());
+		assertTrue(generatedPersonJavaFile.isFile());
+		String generatedPersonJavaFileContents = new String(
+				Files.readAllBytes(generatedPersonJavaFile.toPath()));
+		assertFalse(generatedPersonJavaFileContents.contains("import jakarta.persistence.Entity;"));
+	}
+	
+	private void addHibernateToolsPluginLine(StringBuffer gradleBuildFileContents) {
+		int pos = gradleBuildFileContents.indexOf("plugins {");
+		pos = gradleBuildFileContents.indexOf("}", pos);
+		gradleBuildFileContents.insert(pos, constructHibernateToolsPluginLine() + "\n");		
+	}
+	
+	private void addH2DatabaseDependencyLine(StringBuffer gradleBuildFileContents) {
+		int pos = gradleBuildFileContents.indexOf("dependencies {");
+		pos = gradleBuildFileContents.indexOf("}", pos);
+		gradleBuildFileContents.insert(pos, constructH2DatabaseDependencyLine() + "\n");		
+	}
+	
+	private void addHibernateToolsExtension(StringBuffer gradleBuildFileContents) {
+		int pos = gradleBuildFileContents.indexOf("dependencies {");
+		pos = gradleBuildFileContents.indexOf("}", pos);
+		StringBuffer hibernateToolsExtension = new StringBuffer();
+		hibernateToolsExtension
+			.append("\n")
+			.append("\n")
+			.append("hibernateTools { \n")
+			.append("  generateAnnotations=false \n")
+			.append("}");
+		gradleBuildFileContents.insert(pos + 1, hibernateToolsExtension.toString());
+	}
+	
+	private String constructJdbcConnectionString() {
+		return "jdbc:h2:" + projectDir.getAbsolutePath() + "/database/test;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE";
+	}
+	
+	private String constructHibernateToolsPluginLine() {
+		return "    id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '"
+				+ System.getenv("HIBERNATE_TOOLS_VERSION") + "'";
+	}
+	
+	private String constructH2DatabaseDependencyLine() {
+		return "    implementation 'com.h2database:h2:" + System.getenv("H2_VERSION") + "'";
+	}
+
+}