public function channelSpacerGetAlign($cid)
  {
    $channel = $this->channelGetById($cid);

    if(!$this->channelIsSpacer($channel) || !preg_match("/\[(.*)spacer.*\]/", $channel, $matches) || !isset($matches[1]))
    {
      throw new TeamSpeak3_Adapter_ServerQuery_Exception("invalid channel flags", 0x307);
    }

    switch($matches[1])
    {
      case "*":
        return TeamSpeak3::SPACER_ALIGN_REPEAT;

      case "c":
        return TeamSpeak3::SPACER_ALIGN_CENTER;

      case "r":
        return TeamSpeak3::SPACER_ALIGN_RIGHT;

      default:
        return TeamSpeak3::SPACER_ALIGN_LEFT;
    }
  }