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import java.util.Map;

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

    /**

     * Gets a DescriptionElementBase instance matching the supplied uuid

     *

     * @param uuid the uuid of the DescriptionElement of interest

     * @return a DescriptionElement, or null if the DescriptionElement does not exist

     */

    public DescriptionElementBase getDescriptionElementByUuid(UUID uuid);

    /**

     * Loads and existing DescriptionElementBase instance matching the supplied uuid,

     * and recursively initializes all bean properties given in the

     * <code>propertyPaths</code> parameter.

     * <p>

     * For detailed description and examples <b>please refer to:</b>

     * {@link IBeanInitializer#initialize(Object, List)}

     *

     * @param uuid the uuid of the DescriptionElement of interest

     * @return a DescriptionElement, or null if the DescriptionElement does not exist

     */

    public DescriptionElementBase loadDescriptionElement(UUID uuid,List<String> propertyPaths);

    /**

     * Persists a <code>DescriptionElementBase</code>

     * @param descriptionElement

     * @return

     */

    public UUID saveDescriptionElement(DescriptionElementBase descriptionElement);

    /**

     * Persists a collection of <code>DescriptionElementBase</code>

     * @param descriptionElements

     * @return

     */

    public Map<UUID, DescriptionElementBase> saveDescriptionElement(Collection<DescriptionElementBase> descriptionElements);

    /**

     * Delete an existing description element

     *

     * @param descriptionElement the description element to be deleted

     * @return the unique identifier of the deleted entity

     */

    public UUID deleteDescriptionElement(DescriptionElementBase descriptionElement);

    public UUID deleteDescriptionElement(UUID descriptionElementUuid);

    /**

     * Return a Pager containing Annotation entities belonging to the DescriptionElementBase instance supplied, optionally filtered by MarkerType

     * @param annotatedObj The object that "owns" the annotations returned

     * @param status Only return annotations which are marked with a Marker of this type (can be null to return all annotations)

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

     * @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 IBeanInitializer#initialize(Object, List)}

     * @return a Pager of Annotation entities

     */

    public Pager<Annotation> getDescriptionElementAnnotations(DescriptionElementBase annotatedObj, MarkerType status, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);