An effective method for constructing explicit solutions to the Davey--Stewartson type integrable equations is discussed based on the use of a dressing chain. The application of the method is exemplified by the equation DS I, for which a new class of explicit solutions is constructed, containing freedom in two arbitrary functions. In this case the generalized Toda lattice corresponding to the simple Lie algebra $A_2$ is used as a dressing chain.
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