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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.io.markup.MarkupTransformer;

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

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

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.description.DescriptionBase;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.description.TextData;

	public static final UUID uuidUserDefinedMarkerTypeVocabulary = UUID.fromString("5f02a261-fd7d-4fce-bbe4-21472de8cd51");

					voc = getVocabulary(uuidUserDefinedExtensionTypeVocabulary, "User defined vocabulary for extension types", "User Defined Extension Types", null, null, isOrdered, extensionType);

		return getMarkerType(state, uuid, label, text, labelAbbrev, null);

	}

	protected MarkerType getMarkerType(STATE state, UUID uuid, String label, String text, String labelAbbrev, TermVocabulary<MarkerType> voc){

				if (voc == null){

					boolean isOrdered = false;

					voc = getVocabulary(uuidUserDefinedMarkerTypeVocabulary, "User defined vocabulary for marker types", "User Defined Marker Types", null, null, isOrdered, markerType);

				}

					voc = getVocabulary(uuidUserDefinedAnnotationTypeVocabulary, "User defined vocabulary for annotation types", "User Defined Annotation Types", null, null, isOrdered, annotationType);

					voc = getVocabulary(uuidUserDefinedReferenceSystemVocabulary, "User defined vocabulary for named areas", "User Defined Reference System", null, null, isOrdered, refSystem);

					voc = getVocabulary(uuidUserDefinedNamedAreaVocabulary, "User defined vocabulary for named areas", "User Defined Named Areas", null, null, isOrdered, namedArea);

					voc = getVocabulary(uuidUserDefinedNamedAreaLevelVocabulary, "User defined vocabulary for named area levels", "User Defined Named Area Levels", null, null, isOrdered, namedAreaLevel);

					voc = getVocabulary(uuidUserDefinedFeatureVocabulary, "User defined vocabulary for features", "User Defined Features", null, null, isOrdered, feature);

	protected <T extends DefinedTermBase> TermVocabulary<T> getVocabulary(UUID uuid, String text, String label, String abbrev, URI termSourceUri, boolean isOrdered, T type) {

		List<String> propPath = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"terms"});

		TermVocabulary<T> voc = getVocabularyService().load(uuid, propPath);

	/**

	 * Returns the textdata that holds general information about a feature for a taxon description.

	 * This is mainly necessary for descriptions that have more than one description element for

	 * a given feature such as 'distribution', 'description' or 'common name'. It may also hold

	 * for hierarchical features where no description element exists for a higher hierarchie level.

	 * Example: the description feature has subfeatures. But some information like authorship, figures,

	 * sources need to be added to the description itself.

	 * Currently a feature placeholder is marked by a marker of type 'feature placeholder'. Maybe in future

	 * there will be a boolean marker in the TextData class itself.

	 * @param state 

	 * @param taxon

	 * @param ref

	 * @param createIfNotExists

	 * @return

	 */

	protected TextData getFeaturePlaceholder(STATE state, DescriptionBase<?> description, boolean createIfNotExists) {

		UUID featurePlaceholderUuid = MarkupTransformer.uuidFeaturePlaceholder;

		for (DescriptionElementBase element : description.getElements()){

			if (element.isInstanceOf(TextData.class)){

				TextData placeholder = CdmBase.deproxy(element, TextData.class);

				for (Marker marker : placeholder.getMarkers()){

					MarkerType markerType = marker.getMarkerType();

					if (markerType != null && 

							markerType.getUuid().equals(featurePlaceholderUuid) && 

							marker.getValue() == true){

						return placeholder;

					}

				}

			}

		}

		if (createIfNotExists){

			TextData newPlaceholder = TextData.NewInstance();

			MarkerType placeholderMarkerType = getMarkerType(state, featurePlaceholderUuid, "Feature Placeholder", "Feature Placeholder", null);

			Marker marker = Marker.NewInstance(placeholderMarkerType, true);

			newPlaceholder.addMarker(marker);

			return newPlaceholder;

		}else{

			return null;

		}

	}