add convenience method (#1103) #2919

Job	Run time
validation / Dependency info	7s
validation / GitHub context	3s
validation / Build coatjava	2m 10s
validation / Configuration files	8s
validation / Event generation (e_n)	2m 3s
validation / Event generation (e_pC)	2m 15s
validation / Event generation (e_p)	1m 19s
validation / Event generation (eFT_K)	1m 33s
validation / Event generation (e_gFT)	2m 0s
validation / Event generation (e_g)	2m 1s
validation / Run (e_gFT, rgb_fall2019)	4m 48s
validation / Run (e_n, rgb_fall2019)	4m 3s
validation / Run (e_g, rgb_fall2019)	4m 16s
validation / Run (e_p, rgb_fall2019)	4m 11s
validation / Run (e_pC, rgb_fall2019)	3m 56s
validation / Run (eFT_K, rgb_fall2019)	4m 17s
validation / Report efficiency	6s
validation / Report multiplicity	5s
	39m 21s

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