--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/itgroup/diva/utils/JSONArrayParam.java	Wed Oct 29 14:00:28 2014 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package de.mpiwg.itgroup.diva.utils;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+
+public class JSONArrayParam {
+	
+	private JSONArray json;
+	
+    public JSONArrayParam(String string) throws WebApplicationException {
+    	
+        try {        	
+        	json = new JSONArray(string);
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            throw new WebApplicationException(Response.status(Status.BAD_REQUEST)
+                    .entity("Couldn't parse JSON string: " + e.getMessage())
+                    .build());
+        }
+    }
+
+	public JSONArray getArray() {
+		return json;
+	}
+}