diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Relation.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Relation.java
index 5e1a955a..1e4bfd33 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Relation.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Relation.java
@@ -409,6 +409,20 @@ public final class Relation {
         return virtual;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the target type of this relation, or null if this is a primitive mapping.
+     */
+    public DbMapping getTargetType() {
+        return otherType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the reference type of this relation.
+     */
+    public int getRefType() {
+        return reftype;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tell if this relation represents a primitive (scalar) value mapping.
      */