Fix build broken after cherry-pick
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 74118a9..5741526 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@
             <version>2.2.11</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
             <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/unomi/api/Profile.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/unomi/api/Profile.java
index ba75da9..7115bd5 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/unomi/api/Profile.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/unomi/api/Profile.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.unomi.api;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.unomi.api.segments.Scoring;
 import org.apache.unomi.api.segments.Segment;
 
@@ -95,6 +96,30 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Retrieves the value of the nested property identified by the specified name.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the property to be retrieved, splited in the nested properties with "."
+     * @return the value of the property identified by the specified name
+     */
+    public Object getNestedProperty(String name) {
+        if (!name.contains(".")) {
+            return getProperty(name);
+        }
+
+        Map properties = this.properties;
+        String[] propertyPath = StringUtils.substringBeforeLast(name, ".").split("\\.");
+        String propertyName = StringUtils.substringAfterLast(name, ".");
+
+        for (String property: propertyPath) {
+            properties = (Map) properties.get(property);
+            if (properties == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+        return properties.get(propertyName);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Retrieves a Map of all property name - value pairs for this profile.
      *
      * @return a Map of all property name - value pairs for this profile