diff --git a/includes/entity.wrapper.inc b/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
index d5d22ac..692a5b5 100644
--- a/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
+++ b/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
@@ -115,6 +115,26 @@ abstract class EntityMetadataWrapper {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Returns whether data is available to work with.
+   *
+   * Exposes the EntityMetadataWrapper::dataAvailable() method result.
+   *
+   * @return
+   *   If we operate without any data TRUE, else FALSE.
+   *
+   * @see EntityMetadataWrapper::dataAvailable()
+   */
+  public function isEmpty() {
+    try {
+      $value = $this->value();
+    }
+    catch (EntityMetadataWrapperException $e) {
+      $value = FALSE;
+    }
+    return empty($value);
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Set a new data value.
    */
   public function set($value) {
@@ -406,6 +426,24 @@ class EntityStructureWrapper extends EntityMetadataWrapper implements IteratorAg
   }
 
   /**
+   * Safely checks if the given child exists.
+   *
+   * @param $name
+   *   The name of the child to check.
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if the child exists, FALSE if it does not.
+   */
+  public function hasChild($name) {
+    try {
+      $this->get($name);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    catch (EntityMetadataWrapperException $e) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Magic method: Get a wrapper for a property.
    */
   public function __get($name) {