diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java
index 66cb1451e..35473b02d 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: DSet.java,v 1.22 2002/10/27 18:49:51 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: DSet.java,v 1.23 2002/12/13 02:07:27 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.dobj;
 
@@ -146,6 +146,23 @@ public class DSet
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Copies the elements of this distributed set into the supplied
+     * array. If the array is not large enough to hold all of the
+     * elements, as many as fit into the array will be copied. If the
+     * <code>array</code> argument is null, an object array of sufficient
+     * size to contain all of the elements of this set will be created and
+     * returned.
+     */
+    public Object toArray (Object[] array)
+    {
+        if (array == null) {
+            array = new Object[size()];
+        }
+        System.arraycopy(_entries, 0, array, 0, array.length);
+        return array;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds the specified entry to the set. This should not be called
      * directly, instead the associated <code>addTo{Set}()</code> method