diff --git a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.cpp b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.cpp
index bb9b0ea163561b2fd7fc3af9cc2d3c1106682134..61e664edb800e6a57013da26d2050eb33923bb13 100644
--- a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.cpp
+++ b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,30 @@ JsonValuePtr JsonValue::False()
     return value;
 }
 
+JsonValuePtr JsonValue::Create(const std::string& value)
+{
+    JsonValuePtr jsonValue(new JsonValue(value));
+    return jsonValue;
+}
+
+JsonValuePtr JsonValue::Create(int value)
+{
+    JsonValuePtr jsonValue(new JsonValue(value));
+    return jsonValue;
+}
+
+JsonValuePtr JsonValue::Create(float value)
+{
+    JsonValuePtr jsonValue(new JsonValue(value));
+    return jsonValue;
+}
+
+JsonValuePtr JsonValue::Create(double value)
+{
+    JsonValuePtr jsonValue(new JsonValue(value));
+    return jsonValue;
+}
+
 JsonValuePtr JsonValue::CreateRaw(JsonValue::Type type, const std::string& value)
 {
     if (!CheckValue(type, value))
diff --git a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.h b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.h
index fd6f5bb3aa4024b52788aaf22351c54671336217..b7a078cf535c2599e0c65792051f173825918f87 100644
--- a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.h
+++ b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/StatechartEditorPlugin/structuraljson/JsonValue.h
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ namespace armarx
         static JsonValuePtr Null();
         static JsonValuePtr True();
         static JsonValuePtr False();
+        static JsonValuePtr Create(const std::string& value);
+        static JsonValuePtr Create(int value);
+        static JsonValuePtr Create(float value);
+        static JsonValuePtr Create(double value);
 
         static JsonValuePtr CreateRaw(Type type, const std::string& value);
         static bool CheckValue(Type type, const std::string& value);
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ namespace armarx
         static bool CheckBool(const std::string& value);
         static bool CheckNull(const std::string& value);
 
+
         void writeJson(const JsonWriterPtr& writer);
 
         JsonValuePtr toSharedPtr() const;