Index: applications/editors/josm/core_0.5/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java
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--- applications/editors/josm/core_0.5/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 4479)
+++ applications/editors/josm/core_0.5/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 4480)
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.Node;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.OsmPrimitive;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.Relation;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.Way;
 
@@ -113,4 +114,6 @@
 			if (osm instanceof Way)
 				return type.equals("way");
+			if (osm instanceof Relation)
+				return type.equals("relation");
 			throw new IllegalStateException("unknown class "+osm.getClass());
 		}