add convenience method (#1103) #2383

Job	Run time
build (macos-latest)	3m 1s
java_matrix	3s
download_test_data	4s
build (ubuntu-latest)	2m 43s
unit_tests (21)	3m 14s
unit_tests (25)	3m 8s
test_decoder	2m 58s
test_run-groovy	1m 5s
test_coatjava (ubuntu-latest, eb-enc)	2m 52s
test_coatjava (ubuntu-latest, eb-ep)	2m 43s
test_coatjava (ubuntu-latest, eb-eftpi)	2m 0s
test_coatjava (ubuntu-latest, eb-epc)	1m 55s
test_coatjava (macos-latest, eb-ep, ./run-eb-tests.sh -100 electronproton)	3m 46s
test_coatjava (ubuntu-latest, eb-eg)	1m 56s
spotbugs	6m 37s
test_clara	4m 2s
test_coatjava (ubuntu-latest, kpp)	3m 15s
release_build	-1s
generate_documentation	1m 0s
deploy_web_pages	8s
final	3s
	46m 32s

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