--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/FLYSArtifact.java	Fri Jun 17 12:38:41 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/FLYSArtifact.java	Fri Jun 17 13:00:54 2011 +0000
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@
         }
     }
 
+
     public boolean isQ() {
         StateData mode = getData("wq_mode");
         return mode != null && mode.getValue().equals("Q");
@@ -713,6 +714,26 @@
 
 
     /**
+     * Returns true, if the parameter is set to compute data on a free range.
+     * Otherwise it returns false, which tells the calculation that it is bound
+     * to a gauge.
+     *
+     * @return true, if the calculation should compute on a free range otherwise
+     * false and the calculation is bound to a gauge.
+     */
+    public boolean isFreeQ() {
+        StateData mode  = getData("wq_free");
+        String    value = mode != null ? (String) mode.getValue() : null;
+
+        if (mode == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return Boolean.valueOf(value);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * Returns the Q values based on a specified kilometer range.
      *
      * @param range A 2dim array with lower and upper kilometer range.