diff --git a/json/src/com/intellij/json/JsonUtil.java b/json/src/com/intellij/json/JsonUtil.java
index 6b8bc98ec809..eaa9685b8565 100644
--- a/json/src/com/intellij/json/JsonUtil.java
+++ b/json/src/com/intellij/json/JsonUtil.java
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 package com.intellij.json;
 
+import com.intellij.json.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 /**
  * @author Mikhail Golubev
  */
@@ -34,4 +41,28 @@ public class JsonUtil {
     }
     return null;
   }
+
+  @Nullable
+  public static <T extends JsonElement> T getPropertyValueOfType(@NotNull final JsonObject object, @NotNull final String name,
+                                                                 @NotNull final Class<T> clazz) {
+    final JsonProperty property = object.findProperty(name);
+    if (property == null) return null;
+    return ObjectUtils.tryCast(property.getValue(), clazz);
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  public static List<String> getChildAsStringList(@NotNull final JsonObject object, @NotNull final String name) {
+    final JsonArray array = getPropertyValueOfType(object, name, JsonArray.class);
+    if (array != null) return array.getValueList().stream().filter(value -> value instanceof JsonStringLiteral)
+      .map(value -> StringUtil.unquoteString(value.getText())).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  public static List<String> getChildAsSingleStringOrList(@NotNull final JsonObject object, @NotNull final String name) {
+    final List<String> list = getChildAsStringList(object, name);
+    if (list != null) return list;
+    final JsonStringLiteral literal = getPropertyValueOfType(object, name, JsonStringLiteral.class);
+    return literal == null ? null : Collections.singletonList(StringUtil.unquoteString(literal.getText()));
+  }
 }