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+package com.baeldung.shardingsphere;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertyRegistry;
+import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertySource;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.MySQLContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.List;
+
+
+/**
+ * This Manual test requires: Docker service running.
+ */
+@Testcontainers
+@SpringBootTest
+class OrderServiceManualTest {
+
+    @Container
+    static MySQLContainer<?> mySQLContainer1 = new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:8.0.23")
+            .withDatabaseName("ds0")
+            .withUsername("test")
+            .withPassword("test");
+
+    @Container
+    static MySQLContainer<?> mySQLContainer2 = new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:8.0.23")
+            .withDatabaseName("ds1")
+            .withUsername("test")
+            .withPassword("test");
+
+    static {
+        mySQLContainer2.setPortBindings(List.of("13307:3306"));
+        mySQLContainer1.setPortBindings(List.of("13306:3306"));
+    }
+    @Autowired
+    private OrderService orderService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private OrderRepository orderRepository;
+
+    @DynamicPropertySource
+    static void setProperties(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
+        registry.add("spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto", () -> "create-drop");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldFindOrderInCorrectShard() {
+        // given
+        Order order1 = new Order(1L, 1L,  BigDecimal.TEN, Status.PROCESSING, LocalDate.now(), "123 Main St");
+        Order order2 = new Order(2L, 2L, BigDecimal.valueOf(12.5), Status.SHIPPED, LocalDate.now(), "456 Main St");
+
+        // when
+        Order savedOrder1 = orderService.createOrder(order1);
+        Order savedOrder2 = orderService.createOrder(order2);
+
+        // then
+        // Assuming the sharding strategy is based on the order id, data for order1 should be present only in ds0
+        // and data for order2 should be present only in ds1
+        Assertions.assertThat(orderService.getOrder(savedOrder1.getOrderId())).isEqualTo(savedOrder1);
+        Assertions.assertThat(orderService.getOrder(savedOrder2.getOrderId())).isEqualTo(savedOrder2);
+
+        // Verify that the orders are not present in the wrong shards.
+        // You would need to implement these methods in your OrderService.
+        // They should use a JdbcTemplate or EntityManager to execute SQL directly against each shard.
+        Assertions.assertThat(assertOrderInShard(savedOrder1, mySQLContainer2)).isTrue();
+        Assertions.assertThat(assertOrderInShard(savedOrder2, mySQLContainer1)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    private boolean assertOrderInShard(Order order, MySQLContainer<?> container) {
+        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(container.getJdbcUrl(), container.getUsername(), container.getPassword())) {
+            PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM `order` WHERE order_id = ?");
+            stmt.setLong(1, order.getOrderId());
+            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+            return rs.next();
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Error querying order in shard", ex);
+        }
+    }
+}