diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTReader.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTReader.java
index 4265f24..2266a08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTReader.java
@@ -395,17 +395,41 @@ public class GeoServerRESTReader {
     //=== LAYERGROUPS
     //==========================================================================
 
+    public RESTLayerGroupList getLayerGroups(String workspace) {
+        String url;
+        if (workspace == null) {
+            url = "/rest/layergroups.xml";
+        } else {
+            url = "/rest/workspaces/" + workspace + "/layergroups.xml";
+        }
+        
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("### Retrieving layergroups from " + url);
+        }
+        return RESTLayerGroupList.build(load(url));
+    }
+
+    public RESTLayerGroup getLayerGroup(String workspace, String name) {
+        String url;
+        if (workspace == null) {
+            url = "/rest/layergroups/" + name + ".xml";
+        } else {
+            url = "/rest/workspaces/" + workspace + "/layergroups/" + name + ".xml";
+        }        
+        
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("### Retrieving layergroup from " + url);
+        }
+        return RESTLayerGroup.build(load(url));
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Get summary info about all LayerGroups.
      *
      * @return summary info about LayerGroups as a {@link RESTLayerGroupList}
      */
     public RESTLayerGroupList getLayerGroups() {
-        String url = "/rest/layergroups.xml";
-        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.debug("### Retrieving layergroups from " + url);
-        }
-        return RESTLayerGroupList.build(load(url));
+        return getLayerGroups(null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -415,13 +439,11 @@ public class GeoServerRESTReader {
      * @return LayerGroup details as a {@link RESTLayerGroup}
      */
     public RESTLayerGroup getLayerGroup(String name) {
-        String url = "/rest/layergroups/" + name + ".xml";
-        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.debug("### Retrieving layergroup from " + url);
-        }
-        return RESTLayerGroup.build(load(url));
+        return getLayerGroup(null, name);
     }
 
+    
+    
     //==========================================================================
     //=== LAYERS
     //==========================================================================
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayerGroup.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayerGroup.java
index 0587156..8ce3f95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayerGroup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayerGroup.java
@@ -91,10 +91,44 @@ public class RESTLayerGroup {
 		return rootElem.getChildText("name");
 	}
 
+	public String getWorkspace() {
+            Element rootLayer = rootElem.getChild("workspace");
+            if (rootLayer != null) {
+                return rootLayer.getChildText("name");
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }	    	    
+	}
+	
+	public String getMode() {
+	    return rootElem.getChildText("mode");
+	}
+	
+	public String getRootLayer() {
+	    Element rootLayer = rootElem.getChild("rootLayer");
+	    if (rootLayer != null) {
+	        return rootLayer.getChildText("name");
+	    } else {
+	        return null;
+	    }
+	}
+	
 	public RESTLayerList getLayerList() {
-        return new RESTLayerList(rootElem.getChild("layers"));
+	    if (rootElem.getChild("layers") != null) {
+                return new RESTLayerList(rootElem.getChild("layers"));
+	    } else {
+	        return null;
+	    }
 	}
 
+        public RESTPublishedList getPublishedList() {
+            if (rootElem.getChild("publishables") != null) {
+                return new RESTPublishedList(rootElem.getChild("publishables"));
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }	
+	
 	public String getCRS() {
 		Element bounds = rootElem.getChild("bounds");
 		return bounds.getChildText("crs");
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTPublished.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTPublished.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0edf707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTPublished.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ *  GeoServer-Manager - Simple Manager Library for GeoServer
+ *  
+ *  Copyright (C) 2013 GeoSolutions S.A.S.
+ *  http://www.geo-solutions.it
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.utils.NameLinkElem;
+
+
+/**
+ * Parse a <TT>published</TT> returned as XML REST objects.
+ * 
+ * This is the XML REST representation:
+ * <pre>{@code
+    <published type="layer">
+      <name>sfdem</name>
+      <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/layers/sfdem.xml" type="application/xml"/>
+    </published>
+ * }</pre>
+ * 
+ * @author Davide Savazzi (geo-solutions.it)
+ */
+public class RESTPublished extends NameLinkElem {
+
+    private final String type;
+    
+    public RESTPublished(Element elem) {
+        super(elem);
+        
+        type = elem.getAttributeValue("type");
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTPublishedList.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTPublishedList.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b8c9b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTPublishedList.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ *  GeoServer-Manager - Simple Manager Library for GeoServer
+ *  
+ *  Copyright (C) 2013 GeoSolutions S.A.S.
+ *  http://www.geo-solutions.it
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder;
+
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.utils.JDOMBuilder;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+
+/**
+ * Parse <TT>published</TT>s returned as XML REST objects.
+ * 
+ * This is the XML REST representation:
+ * <pre>{@code
+  <publishables>
+    <published type="layer">
+      <name>sfdem</name>
+      <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/layers/sfdem.xml" type="application/xml"/>
+    </published>
+    <published type="layer">
+      <name>bugsites</name>
+      <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/layers/bugsites.xml" type="application/xml"/>
+    </published>
+  </publishables>
+ * }</pre>
+ * 
+ * @author Davide Savazzi (geo-solutions.it)
+ */
+public class RESTPublishedList extends RESTAbstractList<RESTPublished> {
+
+    public static RESTPublishedList build(String response) {
+        Element elem = JDOMBuilder.buildElement(response);
+        return elem == null ? null : new RESTPublishedList(elem);
+    }
+
+    protected RESTPublishedList(Element list) {
+        super(list);
+    }
+    
+    protected RESTPublished createElement(Element el) {
+        return new RESTPublished(el);
+    }
+}
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