diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleHandler.java
index e09ff78b..4222aeb3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleHandler.java
@@ -14,32 +14,20 @@
 
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.openhab.automation.jrule.actions.JRuleActionClassGenerator;
-import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.JRuleConfig;
-import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.JRuleConstants;
-import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.JRuleDelayedDebouncingExecutor;
-import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.JRuleLog;
-import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.JRuleUtil;
+import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.*;
 import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.compiler.JRuleCompiler;
 import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.compiler.JRuleJarExtractor;
 import org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.engine.JRuleEngine;
@@ -162,6 +150,7 @@ public JRuleHandler(JRuleConfig config, ItemRegistry itemRegistry, ItemChannelLi
         final JRuleItemHandler itemHandler = JRuleItemHandler.get();
         itemHandler.setItemRegistry(itemRegistry);
         itemHandler.setItemChannelLinkRegistry(itemChannelLinkRegistry);
+        itemHandler.setMetadataRegistry(metadataRegistry);
         logDebug("JRuleHandler()");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleItemHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleItemHandler.java
index 3b22b6d6..7f4a17df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleItemHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleItemHandler.java
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 package org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.handler;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.openhab.core.items.GroupItem;
-import org.openhab.core.items.Item;
-import org.openhab.core.items.ItemRegistry;
+import org.openhab.core.items.*;
 import org.openhab.core.library.items.NumberItem;
 import org.openhab.core.library.items.StringItem;
 import org.openhab.core.library.items.SwitchItem;
@@ -42,6 +44,12 @@ private JRuleItemHandler() {
     private ItemRegistry itemRegistry;
     private ItemChannelLinkRegistry itemChannelLinkRegistry;
 
+    private MetadataRegistry metadataRegistry;
+
+    public void setMetadataRegistry(MetadataRegistry metadataRegistry) {
+        this.metadataRegistry = metadataRegistry;
+    }
+
     public void setItemRegistry(ItemRegistry itemRegistry) {
         this.itemRegistry = itemRegistry;
     }
@@ -161,4 +169,31 @@ public void linkItemWithChannel(String itemName, ChannelUID uid) {
         ItemChannelLink link = new ItemChannelLink(itemName, uid);
         itemChannelLinkRegistry.add(link);
     }
+
+    public Collection<ItemChannelLink> getChannelLinks(String itemName) {
+        return itemChannelLinkRegistry.getLinks(itemName);
+    }
+
+    public void unlinkItemFromChannel(String itemName) {
+        itemChannelLinkRegistry.removeLinksForItem(itemName);
+    }
+
+    public Collection<Item> getItemsWithMetadata(String namespace, String value) {
+        Set<Item> itemsWithMatchingMetadata = itemRegistry.getItems().stream().filter(item -> {
+            MetadataKey key = new MetadataKey(namespace, item.getName());
+            Metadata metadata = metadataRegistry.get(key);
+            return metadata != null && metadata.getValue().equals(value);
+        }).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        return itemsWithMatchingMetadata;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Object> getItemMetadataConfiguration(String namespace, String value, Item item) {
+        MetadataKey key = new MetadataKey(namespace, item.getName());
+        Metadata metadata = metadataRegistry.get(key);
+        if (metadata != null && metadata.getValue().equals(value)) {
+            return metadata.getConfiguration();
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }