--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/GeometryUtils.java	Wed Sep 07 11:50:10 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/GeometryUtils.java	Wed Sep 07 13:54:18 2011 +0000
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import org.geotools.geojson.feature.FeatureJSON;
 import org.geotools.referencing.CRS;
 
+import de.intevation.flys.model.RiverAxis;
+
 
 public class GeometryUtils {
 
@@ -42,6 +44,19 @@
     }
 
 
+    public static String getRiverBounds(String rivername) {
+        RiverAxis axis = RiverAxis.getRiverAxis(rivername);
+        if (axis != null) {
+            // TODO Take the correct EPSG into account. Maybe, we need to
+            // reproject the geometry.
+            Geometry geom   = axis.getGeom().getBoundary();
+            return jtsBoundsToOLBounds(geom);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Returns the boundary of Geometry <i>geom</i> in OpenLayers
      * representation.