diff --git a/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/models/controlFlowModel/StatefulObjectNode.java b/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/models/controlFlowModel/StatefulObjectNode.java
index baae52f..1c0015a 100644
--- a/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/models/controlFlowModel/StatefulObjectNode.java
+++ b/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/models/controlFlowModel/StatefulObjectNode.java
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package models.controlFlowModel;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import models.dataFlowModel.ResourceNode;
 
 public class StatefulObjectNode extends ObjectNode {
 	private ResourceNode resource;
-	
+    private Set<ObjectNode> children = new HashSet<>();
+    
 	public StatefulObjectNode(ResourceNode resource) {
 		super(resource.getResourceName());
 		this.resource = resource;
@@ -14,4 +18,11 @@
 		return resource;
 	}
 	
+	public void addChild(ObjectNode child) {
+		children.add(child);
+	}
+    
+	public Set<ObjectNode> getChildren() {
+		return children;
+	}
 }