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import eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.ui.selection.EntitySelectionElementWithAbbreviatedTitle;

    /**

     * <p>

     * Creates a selection element for the given type T which shows only the <b>abbreviated</b> title as the label.

     * </p>

     * <p>

     * <strong>Selection elements not handled by this method:</strong>

     * <ul>

     * <li>{@link TaxonNodeSelectionElement} see

     * {@link #createTaxonNodeSelectionElement(ConversationHolder, ICdmFormElement, String, TaxonNode, int, int)}

     * </li>

     * <li>{@link NomenclaturalAuthorTeamSelectionElement} see

     * {@link #createNomenclaturalAuthorTeamSelectionElement(ConversationHolder, ICdmFormElement, String, Team, int, int)}

     * </li>

     * </ul>

     * </p>

     *

     * @param clazz

     *            a {@link Class} object of the type that you want the selection

     *            element to handle

     * @param parentElement

     *            a {@link ICdmFormElement} object.

     * @param labelString

     *            a {@link String} object.

     * @param selectionType

     * @param selection

     *            a {@link ICdmBase} object.

     * @param style

     *            a int.

     * @param conversation

     *            a {@link ConversationHolder} object.

     * @return a {@link EntitySelectionElement} object.

     */

    public <T extends ICdmBase> EntitySelectionElementWithAbbreviatedTitle<T> createSelectionElementWithAbbreviatedTitle(

            Class<T> clazz, ConversationHolder conversation, ICdmFormElement parentElement, String labelString,

            T selection, int mode, int style) {

        EntitySelectionElementWithAbbreviatedTitle<T> element = new EntitySelectionElementWithAbbreviatedTitle<T>(this, conversation, parentElement, clazz,

                labelString, selection, mode, style);

        adapt(element);

        parentElement.addElement(element);

        return element;

    }