diff --git a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/NamedEntity.java b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/NamedEntity.java
index ecb753a..6d22608 100644
--- a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/NamedEntity.java
+++ b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/NamedEntity.java
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package org.cobbzilla.wizard.model;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
 
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.empty;
+
 public interface NamedEntity {
 
     int NAME_MAXLEN = 100;
     String[] NAME_FIELD_ARRAY = {"name"};
 
     String getName ();
+    default boolean hasName () { return !empty(getName()); }
 
     Comparator<? extends NamedEntity> NAME_COMPARATOR
             = (Comparator<NamedEntity>) (o1, o2) -> o1.getName().compareToIgnoreCase(o2.getName());
diff --git a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/UniquelyNamedEntity.java b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/UniquelyNamedEntity.java
index 8f2f4ac..38f19c1 100644
--- a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/UniquelyNamedEntity.java
+++ b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/UniquelyNamedEntity.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
 
-import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.empty;
-
 @MappedSuperclass @NoArgsConstructor
 public abstract class UniquelyNamedEntity extends IdentifiableBase implements NamedEntity {
 
@@ -20,8 +18,7 @@ public abstract class UniquelyNamedEntity extends IdentifiableBase implements Na
     @Column(length=NAME_MAXLEN, unique=true, nullable=false, updatable=false)
     @Size(min=2, max=NAME_MAXLEN, message="err.name.length")
     protected String name;
-    public boolean hasName () { return !empty(getName()); }
-    public String getName () { return !empty(name) ? (forceLowercase() ? name.toLowerCase() : name) : name; }
+    public String getName () { return hasName() ? (forceLowercase() ? name.toLowerCase() : name) : name; }
     public UniquelyNamedEntity setName (String name) { this.name = (name == null ? null : forceLowercase() ? name.toLowerCase() : name); return this; }
 
     public boolean isSameName(UniquelyNamedEntity other) { return getName().equals(other.getName()); }