It's not possible to access insertability/updatability/etc of an embedded object's properties. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-4619 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4619 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: metamodel Affects Versions: 3.3.2 Reporter: Mikhail Vorozhtsov Priority: Minor Currently there is no way to access insertability/updatability/etc of an embedded object's properties via EntityMetamodel. StandardProperty seems like a right place for the reference to the corresponding ComponentMetamodel, i.e. entityMetamodel.getProperties()[EMBED_IDX].getComponentMetamodel().getProperty("subproperty").isUpdateable() -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira