Get metadata about components in NHibernate

Question

So, you can use NHibernate.ISessionFactory.GetClassMetadata(System.Type) to get information about a mapped entity class in NHibernate.

However when the type is mapped as a component, GetClassMetadata blows up with an exception stating that the class is not an entity.

Is there a way to retrieve metadata information about a mapped component and its properties?

Answer 1

You need to get the metadata for the class that contains the component, which will be one of the properties.