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//        return newInstance;

//    }

    public static DerivedUnitDTO fromEntity(DerivedUnit entity){

        return fromEntity(entity, null);

    }

    /**

     * @param entity

     *   The entity to create the dto for

     * @param individualsAssociations

     *    action, since individualsAssociations are not accessible from the DerivedUnit side. A service level method call is needed to

     *    retrieve them, so it would be required to access the OccurrenceServiceImpl from inside of this DTO factory method, which is

     *    bad OO design. The other option is implemented here, requires all calling Objects to pass the IndividualsAssociations as parameter.

     * @deprecated see comment on the parameter <code>individualsAssociations</code>

     */

    @Deprecated

        // List of accession numbers for citation

        List<String> preservedSpecimenAccessionNumbers = new ArrayList<>();

        Set<DerivationEvent> derivationEvents = fieldUnit.getDerivationEvents();

        for (DerivationEvent derivationEvent : derivationEvents) {

            Set<DerivedUnit> derivatives = derivationEvent.getDerivatives();

                    collectionToCountMap.put(collection, herbariumCount + 1);

                }

                if (specimenOrObservationTypeFilter.contains(derivedUnit.getRecordBasis())) {

                    DerivedUnitDTO derivedUnitDTO = DerivedUnitDTO.fromEntity(derivedUnit, null);

                    addDerivate(derivedUnitDTO);

                    setHasCharacterData(isHasCharacterData() || derivedUnitDTO.isHasCharacterData());