X-Git-Url: https://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/gitweb/cdmlib.git/blobdiff_plain/5479041f6b467b4e5c0e87a60d53d1fb06387240..d9fabe9641cebca934af6e7aee3a09ae1f4535d3:/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/specimen/SpecimenImportBase.java

diff --git a/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/specimen/SpecimenImportBase.java b/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/specimen/SpecimenImportBase.java
index ff3268bf95..bec35cefbf 100755
--- a/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/specimen/SpecimenImportBase.java
+++ b/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/specimen/SpecimenImportBase.java
@@ -596,12 +596,16 @@ public abstract class SpecimenImportBase<CONFIG extends IImportConfigurator, STA
 	        config.setPropertyPaths(propertyPaths);
 	        commitTransaction(state.getTx());
 	        state.setTx(startTransaction());
+	        try{
 	        Pager<SpecimenOrObservationBase> existingSpecimens = cdmAppController.getOccurrenceService().findByTitle(config);
 	        if(!existingSpecimens.getRecords().isEmpty()){
 	            if(existingSpecimens.getRecords().size()==1){
 	                return existingSpecimens.getRecords().iterator().next();
 	            }
 	        }
+	        }catch(NullPointerException e){
+	        	logger.error("searching for existing specimen creates NPE: " + config.getSignificantIdentifier());
+	        }
 	        return null;
 	    }
 
@@ -1109,7 +1113,7 @@ public abstract class SpecimenImportBase<CONFIG extends IImportConfigurator, STA
 	                if(cdmAppController == null){
 	                    cdmAppController = this;
 	                }
-	                specimenTypeDesignationstatus = (SpecimenTypeDesignationStatus) cdmAppController.getTermService().find(specimenTypeDesignationstatus.getUuid());
+	                specimenTypeDesignationstatus = HibernateProxyHelper.deproxy(cdmAppController.getTermService().find(specimenTypeDesignationstatus.getUuid()), SpecimenTypeDesignationStatus.class);
 	                //Designation
 	                TaxonName name = taxon.getName();
 	                SpecimenTypeDesignation designation = SpecimenTypeDesignation.NewInstance();