diff --git a/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js b/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js
index 238905aca2..348925a3dd 100644
--- a/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js
+++ b/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*jslint indent: 2, nomen: true, maxlen: 100, sloppy: true, vars: true, white: true, plusplus: true */
-/*global require, exports */
+/*global require, exports, arguments */
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief Graph functionality
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ var collection = require("org/arangodb/arango-collection");
 
 
 var stringToArray = function (x) {
-
-	if (typeof x === "String") {
+	if (typeof(x) === "string") {
 		return [x];
 	}
 	return x;
@@ -60,14 +59,13 @@ var stringToArray = function (x) {
 
 
 var isValidCollectionsParameter = function (x) {
-
 	if (!x) {
 		return false;
 	}
 	if (Array.isArray(x) && x.length === 0) {
 		return false;
 	}
-	if (typeof x !== "String" && !Array.isArray(x)) {
+	if (typeof(x) !== "string" && !Array.isArray(x)) {
 		return false;
 	}
 	return true;
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ var isValidCollectionsParameter = function (x) {
 
 var _undirectedRelationDefinition = function (relationName, vertexCollections) {
 
-	if (_undirectedRelationDefinition.arguments.length < 2) {
+	if (arguments.length < 2) {
 		throw "method _undirectedRelationDefinition expects 2 arguments";
 	}
 
@@ -115,9 +113,10 @@ var _undirectedRelationDefinition = function (relationName, vertexCollections) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
-var _directedRelationDefinition = function (relationName, fromVertexCollections, toVertexCollections) {
+var _directedRelationDefinition = function (
+	relationName, fromVertexCollections, toVertexCollections) {
 
-	if (_directedRelationDefinition.arguments.length < 3) {
+	if (arguments.length < 3) {
 		throw "method _undirectedRelationDefinition expects 3 arguments";
 	}
 
@@ -141,6 +140,19 @@ var _directedRelationDefinition = function (relationName, fromVertexCollections,
 };
 
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief create a list of edge definitions
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+var edgeDefinitions = function () {
+
+	return arguments;
+
+};
+
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -150,6 +162,7 @@ var _directedRelationDefinition = function (relationName, fromVertexCollections,
 
 exports._undirectedRelationDefinition = _undirectedRelationDefinition;
 exports._directedRelationDefinition = _directedRelationDefinition;
+exports.edgeDefinitions = edgeDefinitions;
 
 
 
diff --git a/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js b/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js
index cb4a03ec98..55c3f84018 100644
--- a/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js
+++ b/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js
@@ -69,6 +69,24 @@ function GeneralGraphCreationSuite() {
 
     },
 
+	  test_undirectedRelationDefinitionWithSingleCollection : function () {
+		  var r;
+
+		  try {
+			  r = graph._undirectedRelationDefinition("relationName", "vertexC1");
+		  }
+		  catch (err) {
+			  console.log("aaaaa", err);
+		  }
+
+		  assertEqual(r, {
+			  collection: "relationName",
+			  from: ["vertexC1"],
+			  to: ["vertexC1"]
+		  });
+
+	  },
+
 	  test_undirectedRelationDefinitionWithMissingName : function () {
 		  var r, exception;
 			try {
@@ -177,6 +195,32 @@ function GeneralGraphCreationSuite() {
 
 		  assertEqual(exception, "<toVertexCollections> must be a not empty string or array");
 
+	  },
+
+	  testEdgeDefinitions : function () {
+
+
+		  //with empty args
+		  assertEqual(graph.edgeDefinitions(), []);
+
+		  //with args
+		  assertEqual(graph.edgeDefinitions(
+			  graph._undirectedRelationDefinition("relationName", "vertexC1"),
+			  graph._directedRelationDefinition("relationName",
+				  ["vertexC1", "vertexC2"], ["vertexC3", "vertexC4"])
+		  ), [
+			  {
+				  collection: "relationName",
+				  from: ["vertexC1"],
+				  to: ["vertexC1"]
+			  },
+			  {
+				  collection: "relationName",
+				  from: ["vertexC1", "vertexC2"],
+				  to: ["vertexC3", "vertexC4"]
+			  }
+		  ]);
+
 	  }