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+package utils;
+
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ * The class VSTools. This class contains only static methods. Those methods
+ * are for general usage and don't fit into other classes.
+ *
+ * @author Paul C. Buetow
+ */
+public final class VSTools {
+    /**
+     * Gets the time string.
+     *
+     * @param time the time
+     *
+     * @return the time string
+     */
+    public static String getTimeString(long time) {
+        String ret = ""+time;
+
+        while (ret.length() < 6)
+            ret = "0" + ret;
+
+        return ret + "ms";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the string time.
+     *
+     * @param string the string
+     *
+     * @return the string time
+     */
+    public static long getStringTime(String string) {
+        try {
+            /* Ignore the "ms" postfix */
+            Long longValue = Long.valueOf(
+                                 string.substring(0, string.length()-2));
+            return longValue.longValue();
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the integer vector represented by a comma separated string.
+     *
+     * @param string the string
+     *
+     * @return the parsed vector
+     */
+    public static Vector<Integer> parseIntegerVector(String string)
+    throws exceptions.VSParseIntegerVectorException {
+        Vector<Integer> vec = new Vector<Integer>();
+
+        int index = string.indexOf('[');
+        if (index == -1)
+            throw new exceptions.VSParseIntegerVectorException();
+
+        string = string.substring(index+1);
+
+        index = string.indexOf(']');
+        if (index == -1)
+            throw new exceptions.VSParseIntegerVectorException();
+
+        string = string.substring(0, index);
+
+        try {
+            while ( (index = string.indexOf(',')) != -1 ) {
+                String substring = string.substring(0, index);
+
+                /* Remove leading whitespaces */
+                while (substring.charAt(0) == ' ')
+                    substring = substring.substring(1);
+
+                vec.add(Integer.parseInt(substring));
+                string = string.substring(index+1);
+            }
+
+            /* Remove leading whitespaces */
+            while (string.charAt(0) == ' ')
+                string = string.substring(1);
+            vec.add(Integer.parseInt(string));
+
+        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        }
+        return vec;
+    }
+}