From 3281ba53bae484d4f8b2016d6c534e82bb9a29bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ribeaudc <ribeaudc>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:40:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [LMS-117] add: - Method
 'createChannelListFromString(String)'.

SVN: 2928
---
 .../ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hcs/ChannelList.java | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hcs/ChannelList.java b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hcs/ChannelList.java
index 38ab5bee692..c07b137bf7a 100644
--- a/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hcs/ChannelList.java
+++ b/bds/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/bds/hcs/ChannelList.java
@@ -51,6 +51,30 @@ public final class ChannelList implements IStorable, Iterable<Channel>
         }
         this.channels = channels;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates a <code>ChannelList</code> instance from given <var>value</var>.
+     * <p>
+     * The current implementation expects an <code>int</code> as value.
+     * </p>
+     */
+    public final static ChannelList createChannelListFromString(final String value)
+    {
+        assert value != null : "Given value can not be null.";
+        try
+        {
+            final int size = Integer.parseInt(value);
+            final List<Channel> channels = new ArrayList<Channel>(size);
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+            {
+                channels.add(new Channel(i, 0));
+            }
+            return new ChannelList(channels);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException ex)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Loads all <code>Channels</code> from the specified directory.
-- 
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