private int parseDMax(String dMaxString) {
		int dMax;
		try {
			dMax = Integer.parseInt(dMaxString);
		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
			dMax = 0;
		}
		return dMax;
	}
private int parseDMax ( String dMaxString ) { int dMax ; try { dMax = Integer . parseInt ( dMaxString ) ; } catch ( NumberFormatException e ) { dMax = 0 ; } return dMax ; }
Parses dMaxString, which is the value of dmax read in from a
configuration file.

@param dMaxString
value read in from configuration
@return int value of dMaxString if parse is successful, 0 (default value)
otherwise