--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/ThemeUtil.java	Tue Dec 20 12:06:35 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/ThemeUtil.java	Tue Dec 20 15:06:41 2011 +0000
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
     public final static String XPATH_SHOW_LINE =
         "/theme/field[@name='showlines']/@default";
 
+    public final static String XPATH_TRANSPARENCY =
+        "/theme/field[@name='transparent']/@default";
+
     public final static String XPATH_TEXT_COLOR =
         "/theme/field[@name='textcolor']/@default";
 
@@ -318,6 +321,10 @@
         return XMLUtils.xpathString(theme, XPATH_SYMBOL, null);
     }
 
+    public static String getTransparencyString(Document theme) {
+        return XMLUtils.xpathString(theme, XPATH_TRANSPARENCY, null);
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Gets color from color field.
@@ -332,6 +339,9 @@
         return parseBoolean(getShowBorderString(theme), false);
     }
 
+    public static boolean parseTransparency(Document theme) {
+        return parseBoolean(getTransparencyString(theme), false);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Gets color from color field.