1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Tests/Common/TestHelpers.cs b/OpenSim/Tests/Common/TestHelpers.cs
index 57da802..a684d72 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tests/Common/TestHelpers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tests/Common/TestHelpers.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,27 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Common
         }
 
         /// <summary>
+        /// Parse a UUID stem into a full UUID.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Yes, this is completely inconsistent with ParseTail but this is probably a better way to do it,
+        /// UUIDs are conceptually not hexadecmial numbers.
+        /// The fragment will come at the start of the UUID.  The rest will be 0s
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <param name='frag'>
+        /// A UUID fragment that will be parsed into a full UUID.  Therefore, it can only contain
+        /// cahracters which are valid in a UUID, except for "-" which is currently only allowed if a full UUID is
+        /// given as the 'fragment'.
+        /// </param>
+        public static UUID ParseStem(string stem)
+        {
+            string rawUuid = stem.PadRight(32, '0');
+
+            return UUID.Parse(rawUuid);           
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
         /// Parse tail section into full UUID.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="tail"></param>