1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsDictionary.java b/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsDictionary.java
index b04f02c..a980b9d 100644
--- a/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsDictionary.java
+++ b/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsDictionary.java
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ public class GatsDictionary extends GatsObject implements Map<String,GatsObject>
         }
 
         /**
+         * Helper function that inserts a new com.xagasoft.gats.GatsString with the
+         * value val.
+         */
+        public GatsObject put( String key, byte val[] )
+        {
+                return hValue.put( key, new GatsString( val ) );
+        }
+
+        /**
          * Helper function that gets the specified GatsObject, casts it to a
          * com.xagasoft.gats.GatsInteger and extracts the value from it.  If the
          * key specified does not appear in the GatsDictionary or is not the correct