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+package com.sap.sailing.server.replication.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.sap.sailing.domain.common.impl.Util.Pair;
+import com.sap.sailing.domain.leaderboard.Leaderboard;
+import com.sap.sailing.server.operationaltransformation.CreateFlexibleLeaderboard;
+import com.sap.sailing.server.replication.ReplicationMasterDescriptor;
+import com.sap.sailing.server.replication.impl.Replicator;
+
+public class PrematureOperationReceiptTest extends AbstractServerReplicationTest {
+    private Replicator replicator;
+    private ReplicationServiceTestImpl replicationService;
+
+    /**
+     * Drops the test DB. Sets up master and replica, starts the JMS message broker and registers the replica with the master.
+     */
+    @Before
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        Pair<ReplicationServiceTestImpl, ReplicationMasterDescriptor> result = basicSetUp(true, /* master=null means create a new one */ null,
+                /* replica=null means create a new one */ null);
+        replicationService = result.getA();
+        replicator = replicationService.startToReplicateFromButDontYetFetchInitialLoad(result.getB(), /* startReplicatorSuspended */ true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If JMS replication starts and the initial load hasn't yet been fully received and installed into the server,
+     * the JMS-transported operations may not yet be applicable on the replica's side. This test forces such a situation
+     * by first creating a leaderboard, then starting the replication but holding back the fetching of the initial load,
+     * then creates a race column in this leaderboard which will be sent as an operation through JMS to the replica which
+     * hasn't yet received the initial load with the leaderboard. Trying to apply will fail unless the replicator is
+     * started in suspended mode and resumed only after the initial load was successfully installed.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRaceColumnInLeaderboardReplicationAfterInitialLoad() throws InterruptedException, ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
+        final String leaderboardName = "My new leaderboard";
+        final int[] discardThresholds = new int[] { 17, 23 };
+        CreateFlexibleLeaderboard createTestLeaderboard = new CreateFlexibleLeaderboard(leaderboardName, discardThresholds);
+        assertNull(master.getLeaderboardByName(leaderboardName));
+        master.apply(createTestLeaderboard);
+        final Leaderboard masterLeaderboard = master.getLeaderboardByName(leaderboardName);
+        assertNotNull(masterLeaderboard);
+        Thread.sleep(1000); // wait 1s for JMS to deliver the message and the message to be applied
+        final Leaderboard nonExistingReplicaLeaderboard = replica.getLeaderboardByName(leaderboardName);
+        assertNull(nonExistingReplicaLeaderboard); // because replicator is still suspended
+        replicationService.initialLoad();
+        replicator.setSuspended(false);
+        synchronized (replicator) {
+            while (!replicator.isQueueEmpty()) {
+                replicator.wait();
+            }
+        }
+        final Leaderboard replicaLeaderboard = replica.getLeaderboardByName(leaderboardName);
+        assertNotNull(replicaLeaderboard);
+    }
+
+}