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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.name.SpecimenTypeDesignation;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.occurrence.FieldUnit;

	/**

	 * Creates specimen duplicate based on the given type specimen which will be assigned as a type

	 * of the given name.<br>

	 * The specimen will only differ in accession number, collection and type status and will be attached

	 * to the same {@link FieldUnit}

	 * @param name the name where this type designation will be added to

	 * @param baseDesignation the type specimen of this designation is cloned to create the new specimen

 	 * @param accessionNumber the accession number of the clones specimen

	 * @param collection the collection the cloned specimen belongs to

	 * @param typeStatus the type status of the cloned specimen

	 * @return an {@link UpdateResult}

	 */

    public UpdateResult cloneTypeDesignation(TaxonName name, SpecimenTypeDesignation baseDesignation,

            String accessionNumber, eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.occurrence.Collection collection, SpecimenTypeDesignationStatus typeStatus);

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.name.SpecimenTypeDesignation;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.occurrence.DerivationEvent;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.occurrence.SpecimenOrObservationBase;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao.occurrence.IOccurrenceDao;

    protected IOccurrenceDao occurrenceDao;

    @Autowired

    @Override

    @Transactional(readOnly = false)

    public UpdateResult cloneTypeDesignation(TaxonName name, SpecimenTypeDesignation baseDesignation,

            String accessionNumber, eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.occurrence.Collection collection, SpecimenTypeDesignationStatus typeStatus){

        UpdateResult result = new UpdateResult();

        DerivedUnit baseSpecimen = (DerivedUnit) occurrenceDao.load(baseDesignation.getTypeSpecimen().getUuid());

        DerivedUnit duplicate = DerivedUnit.NewInstance(baseSpecimen.getRecordBasis());

        DerivationEvent derivedFrom = baseSpecimen.getDerivedFrom();

        for (SpecimenOrObservationBase original : derivedFrom.getOriginals()) {

            DerivationEvent.NewSimpleInstance(original, duplicate, derivedFrom.getType());

        }

        duplicate.setAccessionNumber(accessionNumber);

        duplicate.setCollection(collection);

        SpecimenTypeDesignation typeDesignation = SpecimenTypeDesignation.NewInstance();

        typeDesignation.setTypeSpecimen(duplicate);

        typeDesignation.setTypeStatus(typeStatus);

        name.getTypeDesignations().add(typeDesignation);

        result.setCdmEntity(typeDesignation);

        result.addUpdatedObject(name);

        return result;

    }