I'd be in favor of removing the need for @IndexedEmbedded, and use those field bridges as defaults as soon as there is an @Field annotation on an Iterable/array/map. After all, there's not much sense in indexing those types in any other way. See HSEARCH-2419 Open .
Davide D'Alto, do you agree? If so, this ticket will only be about documenting the very existence of built-in bridges for iterables/arrays/maps.