--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/FLYSArtifact.java	Mon Dec 19 09:08:40 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/FLYSArtifact.java	Mon Dec 19 10:01:17 2011 +0000
@@ -550,6 +550,31 @@
 
 
     /**
+     * This method returns the value of a StateData object stored in the data
+     * pool of this Artifact as Integer.
+     *
+     * @param name The name of the StateData object.
+     *
+     * @return an Integer representing the value of the data object or null if
+     * no object was found for <i>name</i>.
+     *
+     * @throws NumberFormatException if the value of the data object could not
+     * be transformed into an Integer.
+     */
+    public Integer getDataAsInteger(String name)
+    throws NumberFormatException
+    {
+        String value = getDataAsString(name);
+
+        if (value != null && value.length() > 0) {
+            return Integer.parseInt(value);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * Add StateData containing a given string.
      * @param name Name of the data object.
      * @param value String to store.