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+#' @title Return all required params in a param set. 
+#'
+#' @description 
+#' Returns all params which are required by the given [\code{\link{ParamSet}}].
+#' If no parameter is required in the param set an empty param set is returned. 
+#'
+#' @template arg_parset
+#' @return par.set [\code{\link{ParamSet}}]\cr
+#'   Parameter set.
+#' @export
+getRequiredParams = function(par.set) {
+  reqs = getRequirements(par.set)
+  # find all parameters that are in require in the param set at least once
+  all.reqs = unique(unlist(lapply(reqs, all.vars)))
+  # remove required parameters that are not in the par.set 
+  all.reqs = intersect(getParamIds(par.set), all.reqs)
+  
+  # if no parameters are in require return an empty parameter set
+  if (is.null(all.reqs))
+    makeParamSet()
+  else
+    filterParams(par.set, ids = all.reqs)
+}