*/
public PersistChanGrpMgr makeEmptyGroup(String name) {
PersistChanGrpMgr res;
logger.info("Creating group: " + name);
res = new PersistChanGrpMgr(handler, false);
res.createGroup(name);
logger.info("Result: " + res);
assertEquals("Newly created group has non-zero Channels", 0, res.getChannelGroup()
.getChannels().size());
return res;
}