core: add create_node__with_given_id

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/model/core.js b/src/model/core.js
index 07ec5a94..fed28469 100644
--- a/src/model/core.js
+++ b/src/model/core.js
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ define([], function() {
     /**
      *
      */
+    function create_node__with_optional_id(node_spec) {
+        var node = create_node_from_spec(node_spec);
+
+        node.id = node_spec.id;
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     */
     function create_node__set_random_id(node_spec) {
         if (undefined == node_spec) {
             node_spec = {};
@@ -166,7 +176,7 @@ define([], function() {
         Node: Node, // allow model adaptation
         Link: Link, // allow model adaptation
         random_node_name : random_node_name,
-        create_node_from_spec : create_node_from_spec,
+        create_node__with_optional_id : create_node__with_optional_id,
         create_link_from_spec : create_link_from_spec,
         create_node__set_random_id : create_node__set_random_id,
         create_link__set_random_id : create_link__set_random_id,
diff --git a/src/textanalysis.js b/src/textanalysis.js
index 09c6aad3..e80ce0a8 100644
--- a/src/textanalysis.js
+++ b/src/textanalysis.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ var textAnalyser = function (newtext, finalize) {
         if (type === undefined) {
             console.log('bug: textanalyser.addNode of type undefined');
         }
-        var node = model_core.create_node_from_spec(
+        var node = model_core.create_node__with_optional_id(
                 {'name':name,
                  'type':type,
                  'state':state});