--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/FLYSUtils.java	Thu Feb 02 12:50:33 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/FLYSUtils.java	Thu Feb 02 13:23:55 2012 +0000
@@ -233,6 +233,32 @@
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Get bounds for river of artifact.
+     * @param flysArtifact artifact which has a "river" data.
+     * @return double array. min is at[0], max at[1]. null if given artifact is null
+     */
+    public static double[] getRiverMinMax(FLYSArtifact flysArtifact) {
+        if (flysArtifact == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String riverName = flysArtifact.getDataAsString("river");
+
+        if (riverName == null) {
+            riverName = "";
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("Search for the min/max distances of '" + riverName + "'");
+
+        River river = RiverFactory.getRiver(riverName);
+
+        return river != null
+            ? river.determineMinMaxDistance()
+            : null;
+    }
+
+
     public static double[] getKmFromTo(FLYSArtifact flys) {
         String strFrom = flys.getDataAsString("ld_from");
         String strTo   = flys.getDataAsString("ld_to");