diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadBeanRequest.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadBeanRequest.java
index 79658e626..f2754e4c4 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadBeanRequest.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadBeanRequest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public final class LoadBeanRequest extends LoadRequest {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Class<?> getBeanType() {
+  public Class<?> beanType() {
     return loadBuffer.getBeanDescriptor().getBeanType();
   }
 
@@ -58,21 +58,10 @@ public final class LoadBeanRequest extends LoadRequest {
   /**
    * Return the batch of beans to actually load.
    */
-  public List<EntityBeanIntercept> getBatch() {
+  public List<EntityBeanIntercept> batch() {
     return batch;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the load context.
-   */
-  private LoadBeanBuffer getLoadContext() {
-    return loadBuffer;
-  }
-
-  public int getBatchSize() {
-    return getLoadContext().getBatchSize();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return the list of Id values for the beans in the lazy load buffer.
    */
@@ -93,7 +82,7 @@ public final class LoadBeanRequest extends LoadRequest {
     query.setPersistenceContext(loadBuffer.getPersistenceContext());
     query.setLoadDescription(lazy ? "+lazy" : "+query", description());
     if (lazy) {
-      query.setLazyLoadBatchSize(getBatchSize());
+      query.setLazyLoadBatchSize(loadBuffer.getBatchSize());
       if (alreadyLoaded) {
         query.setBeanCacheMode(CacheMode.OFF);
       }
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadManyRequest.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadManyRequest.java
index a26f2aa90..71ebdef78 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadManyRequest.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadManyRequest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public final class LoadManyRequest extends LoadRequest {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Class<?> getBeanType() {
+  public Class<?> beanType() {
     return loadContext.getBeanDescriptor().getBeanType();
   }
 
@@ -56,30 +56,9 @@ public final class LoadManyRequest extends LoadRequest {
     return loadContext.getFullPath();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the batch of collections to actually load.
-   */
-  public List<BeanCollection<?>> getBatch() {
-    return batch;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return true if we should load the Collection ids into the cache.
-   */
-  private boolean isLoadCache() {
-    return loadCache;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the batch size used for this load context.
-   */
-  public int getBatchSize() {
-    return loadContext.getBatchSize();
-  }
-
   private List<Object> parentIdList(SpiEbeanServer server) {
     List<Object> idList = new ArrayList<>();
-    BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> many = getMany();
+    BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> many = many();
     for (BeanCollection<?> bc : batch) {
       idList.add(many.getParentId(bc.getOwnerBean()));
       bc.setLoader(server); // don't use the load buffer again
@@ -90,12 +69,12 @@ public final class LoadManyRequest extends LoadRequest {
     return idList;
   }
 
-  private BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> getMany() {
+  private BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> many() {
     return loadContext.getBeanProperty();
   }
 
   public SpiQuery<?> createQuery(SpiEbeanServer server) {
-    BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> many = getMany();
+    BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> many = many();
     SpiQuery<?> query = many.newQuery(server);
     String orderBy = many.getLazyFetchOrderBy();
     if (orderBy != null) {
@@ -112,7 +91,7 @@ public final class LoadManyRequest extends LoadRequest {
     query.setPersistenceContext(loadContext.getPersistenceContext());
     query.setLoadDescription(lazy ? "+lazy" : "+query", description());
     if (lazy) {
-      query.setLazyLoadBatchSize(getBatchSize());
+      query.setLazyLoadBatchSize(loadContext.getBatchSize());
     } else {
       query.setBeanCacheMode(CacheMode.OFF);
     }
@@ -130,7 +109,7 @@ public final class LoadManyRequest extends LoadRequest {
    */
   public void postLoad() {
     BeanDescriptor<?> desc = loadContext.getBeanDescriptor();
-    BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> many = getMany();
+    BeanPropertyAssocMany<?> many = many();
     // check for BeanCollection's that where never processed
     // in the +query or +lazy load due to no rows (predicates)
     for (BeanCollection<?> bc : batch) {
@@ -140,7 +119,7 @@ public final class LoadManyRequest extends LoadRequest {
           Object parentId = desc.getId(ownerBean);
           logger.debug("BeanCollection after lazy load was empty. type:" + ownerBean.getClass().getName() + " id:" + parentId + " owner:" + ownerBean);
         }
-      } else if (isLoadCache() && many.isUseCache()) {
+      } else if (loadCache && many.isUseCache()) {
         desc.cacheManyPropPut(many, bc, desc.getId(bc.getOwnerBean()));
       }
     }
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadRequest.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadRequest.java
index 3c797ced5..090e4bfad 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadRequest.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadRequest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public abstract class LoadRequest {
   protected final Transaction transaction;
   protected final boolean lazy;
 
-  public LoadRequest(OrmQueryRequest<?> parentRequest, boolean lazy) {
+  LoadRequest(OrmQueryRequest<?> parentRequest, boolean lazy) {
     this.parentRequest = parentRequest;
     this.transaction = parentRequest == null ? null : parentRequest.getTransaction();
     this.lazy = lazy;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public abstract class LoadRequest {
   /**
    * Return the associated bean type for this load request.
    */
-  public abstract Class<?> getBeanType();
+  public abstract Class<?> beanType();
 
   /**
    * Return true if this is a lazy load and false if it is a secondary query.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public abstract class LoadRequest {
    * Lazy loading queries run in their own transaction.
    * </p>
    */
-  public Transaction getTransaction() {
+  public Transaction transaction() {
     return transaction;
   }
 
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java
index e2e2709f4..c1def652c 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ final class DefaultBeanLoader {
    * Load a batch of beans for +query or +lazy loading.
    */
   void loadBean(LoadBeanRequest loadRequest) {
-    List<EntityBeanIntercept> batch = loadRequest.getBatch();
+    List<EntityBeanIntercept> batch = loadRequest.batch();
     if (batch.isEmpty()) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Nothing in batch?");
     }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ final class DefaultBeanLoader {
       return;
     }
 
-    SpiQuery<?> query = server.createQuery(loadRequest.getBeanType());
+    SpiQuery<?> query = server.createQuery(loadRequest.beanType());
     loadRequest.configureQuery(query, idList);
     List<?> list = executeQuery(loadRequest, query);
     loadRequest.postLoad(list);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ final class DefaultBeanLoader {
         extraTxn.end();
       }
     } else {
-      return server.findList(query, loadRequest.getTransaction());
+      return server.findList(query, loadRequest.transaction());
     }
   }