EDIT

import com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.io.berlinModel.BerlinModelTransformer;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.io.common.DbExportStateBase;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.io.common.Source;

		int count = 0;

		int pastCount = 0;

		boolean success = true;

		List<Taxon> taxonList = null;

		List<String> propPath = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"descriptions.elements.*"});

		logger.debug("Start snapshot, before starting loop");

		//taxon descriptions

		int partitionCount = 0;

		while ((taxonList = getNextTaxonPartition(Taxon.class, limit, partitionCount++, propPath )) != null   ) {

			logger.info("Fetched " + taxonList.size() + " " + pluralString + ". Exporting...");

			for (Taxon taxon : taxonList) {

				countTaxa++;

				doCount(count++, modCount, pluralString);

				state.setCurrentTaxon(taxon);

						additionalSourceMapping, vernacularMapping, imageMapping);

			}

			taxonList = null;

			state.setCurrentTaxon(null);

			// Commit transaction

			commitTransaction(txStatus);

			logger.info("Exported " + (count - pastCount) + " " + pluralString + ". Total: " + count);

			pastCount = count;

			// Start transaction

			txStatus = startTransaction(true);

			logger.info("Started new transaction. Fetching some " + pluralString + " (max: " + limit + ") for description import ...");

		int count = 0;

		int pastCount = 0;

		boolean success = true;

		List<TaxonNameDescription> nameDescList = null;

		TransactionStatus txStatus = startTransaction(true);

			PesiExportMapping vernacularMapping, PesiExportMapping imageMapping) throws SQLException {

		boolean success = true;

		Set<DescriptionBase<?>> descriptions = new HashSet<DescriptionBase<?>>();

		descriptions.addAll(taxon.getDescriptions());

		for (DescriptionBase<?> desc : descriptions){

			boolean isImageGallery = desc.isImageGallery();

			for (DescriptionElementBase element : desc.getElements()){

				success &= handleDescriptionElement(state, notesMapping, occurrenceMapping, vernacularMapping, imageMapping,

						addSourceSourceMapping, additionalSourceMapping, isImageGallery, element);

			}

		}

		descriptions = null;

		return success;

	}

				if (isPesiDistribution(state, distribution)){

					countDistribution++;

					try{

					}catch(SQLServerException e){

					    e.printStackTrace();

					}

				}

		boolean success =  true;

		// Get the limit for objects to save within a single transaction.

		txStatus = startTransaction(true);

		ExtensionType taxCommentExtensionType = (ExtensionType)getTermService().find(PesiTransformer.taxCommentUuid);

		ExtensionType fauCommentExtensionType = (ExtensionType)getTermService().find(PesiTransformer.fauCommentUuid);

		mapping.addMapper(DbExportIgnoreMapper.NewInstance("SourceNameCache", "Use OccurrenceSource table for sources instead"));

		mapping.addMapper(DbAnnotationMapper.NewInstance(null, "Notes"));

		mapping.addCollectionMapping(getOccurrenceSourceMapping());

		return mapping;