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import java.util.Set;

import java.util.UUID;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.application.ICdmRepository;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service.pager.Pager;

	/**

	 * Returns a feature if it exists, null otherwise.

	 * @see #getFeature(ImportStateBase, UUID, String, String, String, TermVocabulary)

	 */

	protected Feature getFeature(STATE state, UUID uuid){

		return getFeature(state, uuid, null, null, null, null);

	 * Returns a feature for a given uuid by first checking if the uuid has already been used in this import, if not

	 * checking if the feature exists in the database, if not creating it anew (with vocabulary etc.).

	 * If label, text and labelAbbrev are all <code>null</code> no feature is created.

	 */

	protected Feature getFeature(STATE state, UUID uuid, String label, String description, String labelAbbrev, TermVocabulary<Feature> voc){

		if (uuid == null){

     * checking if the uuid has already been used in this import, if not

     * checking if the status type exists in the database, if not creating it anew (with vocabulary etc.).

     * If label, text and labelAbbrev are all <code>null</code> no status type is created.

     */

    protected NomenclaturalStatusType getNomenclaturalStatusType(STATE state, UUID uuid, String label,

            String description, String labelAbbrev, Language language, TermVocabulary<NomenclaturalStatusType> voc){