Support @org.hibernate.annotations.Target ----------------------------------------- Key: HHH-6535 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-6535 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Sub-task Components: metamodel Reporter: Hardy Ferentschik Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik Fix For: 4.0.0.next {quote} Sometimes, the type guessed by reflection is not the one you want Hibernate to use. This is especially true on components when an interface is used. You can use @Target to by pass the reflection guessing mechanism (very much like the targetEntity attribute available on associations. {code} @Embedded @Target(OwnerImpl.class) public Owner getOwner() { return owner; } {code} {quote}