code: public boolean isAssociation(String targetTypeName, List<String> pathWithoutAlias) {
  		OgmEntityPersister persister = getPersister( targetTypeName );
  		Type propertyType = persister.getPropertyType( pathWithoutAlias.get( 0 ) );
  		return propertyType.isAssociationType();
  	}
docs: Check if the path to the property correspond to an association.
  
  @param targetTypeName the name of the entity containing the property
  @param pathWithoutAlias the path to the property WITHOUT aliases
  @return {@code true} if the property is an association or {@code false} otherwise