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	public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Institution>> getInstitutionUuidAndTitleCache(Integer limit, String pattern);

    /**

     * @param limit

     * @param pattern

     * @return

     */

}

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.agent.InstitutionalMembership;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.agent.Person;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.agent.Team;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.view.AuditEvent;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao.agent.IAgentDao;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao.hibernate.common.IdentifiableDaoBase;

	@Override

        Session session = getSession();

        String clazzString = "";

        if (clazz == null){

            clazzString = "dtype = 'Person'";

        }  else if (clazz.equals(Institution.class)){

            clazzString = "dtype = 'Institution'";

        }

        Query query = null;

        }

        if (! isCopy && descriptionElements == descriptionElements.iterator().next().getInDescription().getElements()){

            //if the descriptionElements collection is the elements set of a description, put it in a separate set before to avoid concurrent modification exceptions

            descriptionElements = new HashSet<DescriptionElementBase>(descriptionElements);

        }

        for (DescriptionElementBase element : descriptionElements){

            DescriptionBase<?> description = element.getInDescription();

            try {

                DescriptionElementBase newElement = (DescriptionElementBase)element.clone();

                targetDescription.addElement(newElement);

                   }

                    dao.delete(description);

            }