diff --git a/Classes/Flowpack/ElasticSearch/Domain/Model/Document.php b/Classes/Flowpack/ElasticSearch/Domain/Model/Document.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Classes/Flowpack/ElasticSearch/Domain/Model/Document.php
+++ b/Classes/Flowpack/ElasticSearch/Domain/Model/Document.php
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ class Document {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * The contents of this document
+	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function getData() {
@@ -171,5 +173,12 @@ class Document {
 
 		return $this->data[$fieldName];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \Flowpack\ElasticSearch\Domain\Model\AbstractType the type of this Document
+	 */
+	public function getType() {
+		return $this->type;
+	}
 }
[TASK] make it possible to retrieve the type from the document