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    /* (non-Javadoc)

     * @see eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao.reference.IReferenceDao#getUuidAndAbbrevTitleCache(java.lang.Integer, java.lang.String)

     */

    @Override

    public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Reference>> getUuidAndAbbrevTitleCacheForAuthor(Integer limit, String pattern, ReferenceType refType) {

        Session session = getSession();

        Reference ref = ReferenceFactory.newArticle();

        Query query = null;

        if (pattern != null){

            query = session.createQuery("SELECT uuid, id, abbrevTitleCache, titleCache from " + type.getSimpleName()

            +" as r where r.authorship.nomenclaturalTitle like :pattern  ");

            query.setParameter("pattern", pattern);

        } else {

            query = session.createQuery("select uuid, id, abbrevTitleCache, titleCache from " + type.getSimpleName() );

        }

        if (limit != null){

           query.setMaxResults(limit);

        }

        pattern = pattern.replace("*", "%");

        pattern = pattern.replace("?", "_");

        query.setParameter("pattern", pattern);

        return getUuidAndAbbrevTitleCache(query);

    }

    /**

     * @param limit

     * @param pattern

     * @param refType

     * @return

     */

    List<UuidAndTitleCache<Reference>> getUuidAndAbbrevTitleCacheForAuthor(Integer limit, String pattern,

            ReferenceType refType);