Propagate doc repo in update to auto-created blank document instance

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.cpp b/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.cpp
index 7a3eb85d3d5..d6488c1381c 100644
--- a/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.cpp
+++ b/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ DocumentUpdate::getType() const {
     return static_cast<const DocumentType &> (*_type);
 }
 
+const DocumentTypeRepo*
+DocumentUpdate::getRepoPtr() const noexcept {
+    return _repo;
+}
+
 const DocumentUpdate::FieldUpdateV &
 DocumentUpdate::getUpdates() const {
     ensureDeserialized();
diff --git a/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.h b/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.h
index 192569ba6ee..5a7944b1188 100644
--- a/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.h
+++ b/document/src/vespa/document/update/documentupdate.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public:
      * The document type is not strictly needed, as we know this at applyTo()
      * time, but search does not use applyTo() code to do the update, and don't
      * know the document type of their objects, so this is supplied for
-     * convinience. It also makes it possible to check updates for sanity at
+     * convenience. It also makes it possible to check updates for sanity at
      * creation time.
      *
      * @param type The document type that this update is applicable for.
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public:
     /** @return The type of document this update is for. */
     const DocumentType& getType() const;
 
+    // Returns pointer to repo used for underlying update, or nullptr if default-constructed
+    const DocumentTypeRepo* getRepoPtr() const noexcept;
+
     void serializeHEAD(vespalib::nbostream &stream) const;
 
     /**