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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.taxon.TaxonNode;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dto.SpecimenNodeWrapper;

    @Override

    public List<SpecimenNodeWrapper> listUuidAndTitleCacheByAssociatedTaxon(List<UUID> taxonNodeUuids,

            Integer limit, Integer start, List<OrderHint> orderHints){

        String queryString = "SELECT "

                + "de.associatedSpecimenOrObservation.uuid, "

                + "de.associatedSpecimenOrObservation.id, "

                + "de.associatedSpecimenOrObservation.titleCache, "

                + "tn "

                + " FROM DescriptionElementBase AS de" +

                " LEFT JOIN de.inDescription AS d" +

                " LEFT JOIN d.taxon AS t" +

                " JOIN t.taxonNodes AS tn" +

                " WHERE d.class = 'TaxonDescription' "

                + "AND tn.uuid in (:taxonNodeUuids) "

                ;

        Query query = getSession().createQuery(queryString);

        query.setParameterList("taxonNodeUuids", taxonNodeUuids);

        if(limit != null) {

            if(start != null) {

                query.setFirstResult(start);

            } else {

                query.setFirstResult(0);

            }

            query.setMaxResults(limit);

        }

        List<SpecimenNodeWrapper> list = new ArrayList<>();

        List<Object[]> result = query.list();

        for(Object[] object : result){

            list.add(new SpecimenNodeWrapper(

                    new UuidAndTitleCache<SpecimenOrObservationBase>(

                            (UUID) object[0],

                            (Integer) object[1],

                            (String) object[2]),

                    (TaxonNode)object[3]));

        }

        return list;

    }