diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditConfiguration.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditConfiguration.java
index 149f3ed87..03c0df221 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditConfiguration.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditConfiguration.java
@@ -823,10 +823,16 @@ public class EditConfiguration {
     	this.varNameForObject = varName;
     }
     
+    /**If this is set to true, then dependent resources should be deleted on edits that
+     * remove the parent resource.
+     */
     public boolean isUseDependentResourceDelete() {
 		return useDependentResourceDelete;
 	}
 
+    /**If this is set to true, then dependent resources should be deleted on edits that
+     * remove the parent resource.
+     */
 	public void setUseDependentResourceDelete(boolean useDependentResourceDelete) {
 		this.useDependentResourceDelete = useDependentResourceDelete;
 	}
@@ -965,4 +971,8 @@ public class EditConfiguration {
     public void setSubmitToUrl(String submitToUrl) {
         this.submitToUrl = submitToUrl;
     }
+    
+    public boolean isUpdate(){
+        return this.getObject() != null && this.getObject().trim().length() > 0;  
+    }
 }