1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/documentmodel/NewDocumentType.java b/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/documentmodel/NewDocumentType.java
index d98869e9dd3..4ff54d7ff1c 100644
--- a/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/documentmodel/NewDocumentType.java
+++ b/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/documentmodel/NewDocumentType.java
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ package com.yahoo.documentmodel;
 import com.yahoo.document.DataType;
 import com.yahoo.document.Document;
 import com.yahoo.document.Field;
+import com.yahoo.document.ReferenceDataType;
 import com.yahoo.document.StructDataType;
 import com.yahoo.document.StructuredDataType;
+import com.yahoo.document.TemporaryStructuredDataType;
 import com.yahoo.document.annotation.AnnotationType;
 import com.yahoo.document.annotation.AnnotationTypeRegistry;
 import com.yahoo.document.datatypes.FieldValue;
@@ -383,4 +385,18 @@ public final class NewDocumentType extends StructuredDataType implements DataTyp
 
     }
 
+    private ReferenceDataType refToThis = null;
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public ReferenceDataType getReferenceDataType() {
+        if (refToThis == null) {
+            // super ugly, the APIs for this are horribly inconsistent
+            var tmptmp = TemporaryStructuredDataType.create(getName());
+            var tmp = ReferenceDataType.createWithInferredId(tmptmp);
+            tmp.setTargetType((StructuredDataType) this);
+            refToThis = tmp;
+        }
+        return refToThis;
+    }
+
 }