diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/adapter/AbstractMethodInvokingDelegator.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/adapter/AbstractMethodInvokingDelegator.java
index 8cf1ac7849..56102d2f48 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/adapter/AbstractMethodInvokingDelegator.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/adapter/AbstractMethodInvokingDelegator.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
  *
  * @author Robert Kasanicky
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ * @author Glenn Renfro
  */
 public abstract class AbstractMethodInvokingDelegator<T> implements InitializingBean {
 
@@ -215,6 +216,20 @@ protected Object[] getArguments() {
 		return arguments;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the object on which the method will be invoked.
+	 */
+	protected Object getTargetObject() {
+		return targetObject;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the name of the method to be invoked.
+	 */
+	protected String getTargetMethod() {
+		return targetMethod;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Used to wrap a {@link Throwable} (not an {@link Exception}) thrown by a
 	 * reflectively-invoked delegate.