Index: EmbeddedMetaData.java
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--- EmbeddedMetaData.java	(revision 5341)
+++ EmbeddedMetaData.java	(working copy)
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.jdo.spi.PersistenceCapable;
+
 import org.datanucleus.ClassLoaderResolver;
 import org.datanucleus.exceptions.ClassNotResolvedException;
 import org.datanucleus.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -304,16 +306,26 @@
             if (fieldFmd instanceof FieldMetaData)
             {
                 Field cls_field = null;
-                try
-                {
-                    cls_field = embeddedClass.getDeclaredField(fieldFmd.getName());
+                Class tgtcls = embeddedClass;
+                AbstractClassMetaData tgtCmd = embCmd; 
+                while (tgtcls != null && cls_field == null) {
+                	
+	                try
+	                {
+	                    cls_field = tgtcls.getDeclaredField(fieldFmd.getName());
+	                }
+	                catch (Exception e)
+	                {
+	                	
+	                	tgtcls = tgtcls.getSuperclass();
+	                	tgtCmd = embCmd.getMetaDataManager().getMetaDataForClass(tgtcls, clr);
+	                	if (tgtCmd == null) {
+	                    // MetaData field doesn't exist in the class!
+	                    throw new InvalidMetaDataException(LOCALISER,
+	                        "044071", embeddedClass.getName(), fieldFmd.getFullFieldName());
+	                	}
+	                }
                 }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    // MetaData field doesn't exist in the class!
-                    throw new InvalidMetaDataException(LOCALISER,
-                        "044071", embeddedClass.getName(), fieldFmd.getFullFieldName());
-                }
                 fieldFmd.populate(clr, cls_field, null, primary);
             }
             else