diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/spotify/voyager/jni/StringIndex.java b/java/src/main/java/com/spotify/voyager/jni/StringIndex.java
index 097184f5..701c4475 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/spotify/voyager/jni/StringIndex.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/spotify/voyager/jni/StringIndex.java
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ public void addItems(Map<String, List<Float>> vectors) {
     index.addItems(primitiveVectors, labels, -1);
   }
 
+  public long getNumElements() {
+    return index.getNumElements();
+  }
+
+  public float[] getVector(String name) {
+    return index.getVector(names.indexOf(name));
+  }
+
   private float[] toPrimitive(List<Float> vector) {
     float[] vectorValues = new float[vector.size()];
     assignPrimitive(vector, vectorValues);