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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.Marker;

	/**

	 * Returns a Pager containing Marker entities belonging to the object supplied, optionally filtered by

	 * whether they are technical or non-technical markers

	 * 

	 * @param annotatableEntity the entity which is marked

	 * @param technical The type of MarkerTypes to consider (null to count all markers, regardless of whether the makerType is technical or not)

	 * @param pageSize The maximum number of markers returned (can be null for all markers)

	 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)

	 * @param orderHints may be null

	 * @param propertyPaths properties to initialize - see {@link BeanInitializer#initialize(Object, List)}

	 * @return a List of Marker instances

	 */

	public Pager<Marker> getMarkers(T annotatableEntity, Boolean technical, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);

	/**

	 * Returns a list of arrays representing counts of entities of type clazz, grouped by their markerTypes. The arrays have two elements. 

	 * The first element is the MarkerType, initialized using the propertyPaths parameter. The second element is the count of all markers of Objects

	 * of type clazz with that MarkerType. The boolean technical can be used to choose only technical or only non-technical marker types. The list is sorted by

	 * titleCache of the markerType, in ascending order.

	 * 

	 * @param clazz optionally restrict the markers to those belonging to this class

	 * @param technical The type of MarkerTypes to consider (null to count all markers, regardless of whether the makerType is technical or not)

	 * @param pageSize The maximum number of arrays returned (can be null for all arrays)

	 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)

	 * @param propertyPaths properties to initialize - see {@link BeanInitializer#initialize(Object, List)}

	 * @return

	 */

	public List<Object[]> groupMarkers(Class<? extends T> clazz, Boolean technical, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber, List<String> propertyPaths);

	/**

	 * returns a count of all markers belonging to that clazz, optionally filtered to include only technical or only non-technical markers.

	 * 

	 * @param clazz optionally restrict the markers to those belonging to this class

	 * @param technical The type of MarkerTypes to consider (null to count all markers, regardless of whether the makerType is technical or not)

	 * @return a count of markers

	 */

	public int countMarkers(Class<? extends T> clazz, Boolean technical);