diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/.ratings b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/.ratings
index 7557efeba58edcb57ab4a164d3f82de02ecd9f89..d85861e2edafbeb32da7cbcff68cc64ad45f8ba9 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/.ratings
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/.ratings
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CompositionUtils.java 34c0a191bd0fb4176c94b4d61abb5c88a679d5e8 GREEN
 ConstraintsUtils.java 0f8be020f2ca4bb08931c32452163c04a28e30ce GREEN
 EMFResourceUtils.java 979d0e1f4f66a2b3e715d2da0ebef6493f547fd7 GREEN
 EcoreSerializerBase.java 0a0c2969d793d2e68094c55c8f7b0a662ef6e5d5 GREEN
-EcoreUtils.java af30c39f36db02322c0a805bfc67ffeeb157c52b GREEN
+EcoreUtils.java 18416b5c214410a02eb35596fd807a1cc27d6b35 GREEN
 ExtensionPointUtils.java 7ce63242b49eb9a7cd4eaadd223f5ebce1dfd75b GREEN
 HierarchicalNameComparator.java 6face1b673126701a0721af48ead2f9766c17d46 GREEN
 IdentifierUtils.java fff43dc4e84cdd89c3ece4f5d9d89aec4b0749c2 GREEN
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/EcoreUtils.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/EcoreUtils.java
index af30c39f36db02322c0a805bfc67ffeeb157c52b..18416b5c214410a02eb35596fd807a1cc27d6b35 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/EcoreUtils.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/utils/EcoreUtils.java
@@ -659,11 +659,11 @@ public class EcoreUtils {
 	 * 
 	 * @param referencedEObject
 	 *            The {@link EObject}, to which all references are supposed to be retrieved.
-	 * @return A {@link Collection}, containg all EStructuralFeature.Setting>, which are references
-	 *         to 'referencedEObject'.
+	 * @return A {@link Collection} containing all <EStructuralFeature.Setting>, which are
+	 *         references to 'referencedEObject'.
 	 */
-	public static Collection<EStructuralFeature.Setting>
-			getAllReferences(EObject referencedEObject) {
+	private static Collection<EStructuralFeature.Setting>
+			getAllReferencesSetting(EObject referencedEObject) {
 		EObject rootEObject = getRootContainer(referencedEObject);
 		Resource resource = rootEObject.eResource();
 
@@ -678,6 +678,19 @@ public class EcoreUtils {
 		return usages;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves all {@link EObject}s which reference the given 'referencedEObject'.
+	 * 
+	 * @param referencedEObject
+	 *            The {@link EObject}, to which all references are supposed to be retrieved.
+	 * @return A {@link Collection} containing the {@link EObject}s referencing the given
+	 *         'referencedEObject'.
+	 */
+	public static Collection<EObject> getAllReferences(EObject referencedEObject) {
+		return getAllReferencesSetting(referencedEObject).stream().map(s -> s.getEObject())
+				.collect(toList());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Replaces all references to the {@link EObject}s contained in the key set of the given
 	 * {@code objectMap} with the corresponding elements they are mapped to.
@@ -688,7 +701,7 @@ public class EcoreUtils {
 	public static void
 			replaceEObjectReferences(Map<? extends EObject, ? extends EObject> eObjectMap) {
 		for(EObject eObject : eObjectMap.keySet()) {
-			for(Setting setting : getAllReferences(eObject)) {
+			for(Setting setting : getAllReferencesSetting(eObject)) {
 				replace(setting, eObject, eObjectMap.get(eObject));
 			}
 		}