--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/FLYSArtifact.java	Wed Dec 21 11:56:08 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/FLYSArtifact.java	Wed Dec 21 15:44:41 2011 +0000
@@ -575,6 +575,26 @@
 
 
     /**
+     * This method returns the value of a StateData object stored in the data
+     * pool of this Artifact is Boolean using Boolean.valueOf().
+     *
+     * @param name The name of the StateData object.
+     *
+     * @return a Boolean representing the value of the data object or null if no
+     * such object is existing.
+     */
+    public Boolean getDataAsBoolean(String name) {
+        String value = getDataAsString(name);
+
+        if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return Boolean.valueOf(value);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * Add StateData containing a given string.
      * @param name Name of the data object.
      * @param value String to store.