if (oModelAnswerItem != null) { AssignmentModelAnswerItem nModelAnswerItem = assignmentSupplementItemService.newModelAnswer(); assignmentSupplementItemService.saveModelAnswer(nModelAnswerItem); nModelAnswerItem.setAssignmentId(nAssignment.getId()); nModelAnswerItem.setText(oModelAnswerItem.getText()); assignmentSupplementItemService.saveModelAnswer(nModelAnswerItem);