diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java
index 278346c25..e75b4113d 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public abstract class SingleEMFTestCase
     protected OpenJPAEntityManagerFactorySPI emf;
 
     /**
-     * Call {@link #setUp(Object...)} with no arguments so that the emf
+     * Call {@link #setUp(Object... props)} with no arguments so that the emf
      * set-up happens even if <code>setUp()</code> is not called from the
      * subclass.
      */
@@ -152,4 +152,8 @@ public abstract class SingleEMFTestCase
         return emf.getConfiguration().getMetaDataRepositoryInstance()
             .getMetaData(t, null, true).getTypeAlias();
     }
+
+    protected ClassMapping [] getMappings() {
+        return (ClassMapping [] ) emf.getConfiguration().getMetaDataRepositoryInstance().getMetaDatas();   
+    }
 }