diff --git a/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/decode/CLASDecoder.java b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/decode/CLASDecoder.java
index 663444dc63..45af4c9293 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/decode/CLASDecoder.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-detector/src/main/java/org/jlab/detector/decode/CLASDecoder.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import org.jlab.io.base.DataEvent;
 import org.jlab.io.evio.EvioDataEvent;
+import org.jlab.io.hipo.HipoDataEvent;
 
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Bank;
 import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Event;
@@ -795,4 +796,9 @@ public Event getDecodedEvent(EvioDataEvent rawEvent, int run, int counter, Doubl
     public Event getDecodedEvent(EvioDataEvent rawEvent) {
         return getDecodedEvent(rawEvent, -1, -1, null, null);
     }
-}
+
+    public HipoDataEvent getDecodedDataEvenet(EvioDataEvent rawEvent) {
+        return new HipoDataEvent(getDecodedEvent(rawEvent), schemaFactory);
+    }
+
+}
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