diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
index 8e67875520..f11a9016a4 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
@@ -327,6 +327,30 @@ public final class WebScriptUtils
         return jsonObject;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a json array from the given {@link String}
+     *
+     * @param json The json array as {@link String}
+     * @return The json array created from the given {@link String}
+     */
+    public static JSONArray createJSONArray(String json)
+    {
+        mandatory("json", json);
+
+        JSONArray jsonArray;
+
+        try
+        {
+            jsonArray = new JSONArray(json);
+        }
+        catch (JSONException error)
+        {
+            throw new WebScriptException(Status.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST, "Cannot create a json array from the given string '" + json + "'.", error);
+        }
+
+        return jsonArray;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the {@link JSONArray} value of a given key from a json object
      *