public Question createQuestion(SocialUser loginUser, QuestionDto questionDto) { Assert.notNull(loginUser, "loginUser should be not null!"); Assert.notNull(questionDto, "question should be not null!"); Set<Tag> tags = tagService.processTags(questionDto.getPlainTags()); Question newQuestion = new Question(loginUser, questionDto.getTitle(), questionDto.getContents(), tags); Question savedQuestion = questionRepository.saveAndFlush(newQuestion); if (questionDto.isConnected()) { log.info("firing sendMessageToFacebook!"); facebookService.sendToQuestionMessage(loginUser, savedQuestion.getQuestionId()); } return savedQuestion; }