diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistRequest.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistRequest.java
index b03dcc2c8..c5043fb74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistRequest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public interface BeanPersistRequest<T> {
    */
   Set<String> getUpdatedProperties();
 
+  /**
+   * Flags set for dirty properties (used by ElasticSearch integration).
+   */
+  boolean[] getDirtyProperties();
+
   /**
    * Return true for an update request if at least one of dirty properties is contained
    * in the given set of property names.
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
index 987fa71c5..45fcc1376 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ public final class PersistRequestBean<T> extends PersistRequest implements BeanP
   /**
    * Return the dirty properties on this request.
    */
+  @Override
   public boolean[] getDirtyProperties() {
     return dirtyProperties;
   }
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ public final class PersistRequestBean<T> extends PersistRequest implements BeanP
   /**
    * Collect L2 cache changes to be applied after the transaction has successfully committed.
    */
-  public void notifyCache(CacheChangeSet changeSet) {
+  private void notifyCache(CacheChangeSet changeSet) {
     if (notifyCache) {
       switch (type) {
         case INSERT:
@@ -740,14 +741,6 @@ public final class PersistRequestBean<T> extends PersistRequest implements BeanP
     return parentBean;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the controller if there is one associated with this type of bean. This returns null if
-   * there is no controller associated.
-   */
-  public BeanPersistController getBeanController() {
-    return controller;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return the intercept if there is one.
    */