--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/model/AnnotationType.java	Tue Apr 03 10:29:57 2018 +0200
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/model/AnnotationType.java	Tue Apr 03 10:37:30 2018 +0200
@@ -9,14 +9,20 @@
 package org.dive4elements.river.model;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.SequenceGenerator;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
-import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
-import javax.persistence.Column;
-import javax.persistence.SequenceGenerator;
-import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+
+import org.dive4elements.river.backend.SessionHolder;
+import org.hibernate.Query;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
 
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "annotation_types")
@@ -29,34 +35,43 @@
     public AnnotationType() {
     }
 
-    public AnnotationType(String name) {
+    public AnnotationType(final String name) {
         this.name = name;
     }
 
     @Id
     @SequenceGenerator(
-        name           = "SEQUENCE_ANNOTATION_TYPES_ID_SEQ",
-        sequenceName   = "ANNOTATION_TYPES_ID_SEQ",
-        allocationSize = 1)
+            name           = "SEQUENCE_ANNOTATION_TYPES_ID_SEQ",
+            sequenceName   = "ANNOTATION_TYPES_ID_SEQ",
+            allocationSize = 1)
     @GeneratedValue(
-        strategy  = GenerationType.SEQUENCE,
-        generator = "SEQUENCE_ANNOTATION_TYPES_ID_SEQ")
+            strategy  = GenerationType.SEQUENCE,
+            generator = "SEQUENCE_ANNOTATION_TYPES_ID_SEQ")
     @Column(name = "id")
     public Integer getId() {
-        return id;
+        return this.id;
     }
 
-    public void setId(Integer id) {
+    public void setId(final Integer id) {
         this.id = id;
     }
 
     @Column(name = "name")
     public String getName() {
-        return name;
+        return this.name;
     }
 
-    public void setName(String name) {
+    public void setName(final String name) {
         this.name = name;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Queries all annotation types from the database, orders by name
+     */
+    public static List<AnnotationType> getTypes() {
+        final Session session = SessionHolder.HOLDER.get();
+        final Query query = session.createQuery("FROM AnnotationType ORDER BY name");
+        return new ArrayList<>(query.list());
+    }
 }
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