I added the functionality to trunk (i applied some minor changes to the patch):

svn ci -m"add getChain function to tree class"
Sending src/tree.cpp
Sending src/tree.hpp
Sending tests/kinfamtest.cpp
Sending tests/solvertest.cpp
Transmitting file data ....
Committed revision 30215.

Ruben
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Wim Meeussen<meeussen [..] ...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I added a function to the Tree class to extract a Chain from a
> Tree.The function takes in the root name and the tip name, and returns
> a Chain. The root and tip can be at any place in the tree: they can be
> in different branches of the tree, the tip can be an ancestor of root,
> etc. I also added a unit test to the kinfamtest.
>
> Wim
>
> patch in attachment.
>
> ps. I tried to use bugzilla to add this patch, but couldn't browse the
> orocos website any move. Whatever link I clicked, I got "Access
> denied".
>
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> --
> Wim Meeussen
> Willow Garage Inc.
> <http://www.willowgarage.com)
>