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+package org.hibernate.jpa.test.query;
+
+import org.hibernate.jpa.test.metamodel.AbstractMetamodelSpecificTest;
+import org.hibernate.jpa.test.metamodel.ThingWithQuantity;
+import org.hibernate.jpa.test.metamodel.ThingWithQuantity_;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.Tuple;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Path;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+
+@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-15454" )
+public class TupleQueryRetrievePrimitiveTest extends AbstractMetamodelSpecificTest {
+
+    public static final int QUANTITY_OF_THING = 3;
+    private EntityManager em;
+
+
+    @Before
+    public void createThingWithQuantity() {
+        em = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+        em.getTransaction().begin();
+
+        ThingWithQuantity thing = new ThingWithQuantity();
+        thing.setId( "thingWithQuantity3" );
+        thing.setName( "3 Things" );
+        thing.setQuantity(QUANTITY_OF_THING);
+        em.persist( thing );
+
+        em.getTransaction().commit();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void endEntityManager() {
+        em.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRetrieveTupleEntryWithPrimitiveType() {
+        final Tuple result = queryTuple();
+        final int quantity = result.get(ThingWithQuantity_.quantity.getName(), int.class);
+        Assert.assertEquals(QUANTITY_OF_THING, quantity);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRetrieveTupleEntryWithMetadata() {
+        final Tuple result = queryTuple();
+        final int quantity = result.get(ThingWithQuantity_.quantity.getName(), ThingWithQuantity_.quantity.getJavaType());
+        Assert.assertEquals(QUANTITY_OF_THING, quantity);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRetrieveTupleEntryFromIndex() {
+        final Tuple result = queryTuple();
+        final int quantity = result.get(0, ThingWithQuantity_.quantity.getJavaType());
+        Assert.assertEquals(QUANTITY_OF_THING, quantity);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRetrieveTupleEntryWithTupleElement() {
+        final CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
+        final CriteriaQuery<Tuple> query = cb.createTupleQuery();
+        final Root<ThingWithQuantity> thingWithQuantity = query.from(ThingWithQuantity.class);
+        final Path<Integer> tupleElement = thingWithQuantity.get(ThingWithQuantity_.quantity);
+        query.multiselect(tupleElement.alias(ThingWithQuantity_.quantity.getName()));
+        Tuple result = em.createQuery(query).setMaxResults(1).getSingleResult();
+        final int quantity = result.get(tupleElement);
+        Assert.assertEquals(QUANTITY_OF_THING, quantity);
+    }
+
+    private Tuple queryTuple() {
+        final CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
+        final CriteriaQuery<Tuple> query = cb.createTupleQuery();
+        final Root<ThingWithQuantity> thingWithQuantity = query.from(ThingWithQuantity.class);
+        query.multiselect(thingWithQuantity.get(ThingWithQuantity_.quantity).alias(ThingWithQuantity_.quantity.getName()));
+        return em.createQuery(query).setMaxResults(1).getSingleResult();
+    }
+}