private void createMeems() {

    // get MeemStore

    Meem meemStoreMeem = EssentialMeemHelper.getEssentialMeem(MeemStore.spi.getIdentifier());
    MeemStore meemStore =
        (MeemStore) ReferenceHelper.getTarget(meemStoreMeem, "meemStore", MeemStore.class);

    for (Iterator i = exportData.meems.entrySet().iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {

      Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) i.next();

      MeemPath meemPath = (MeemPath) entry.getKey();
      ExportData.ExportedMeem meem = (ExportData.ExportedMeem) entry.getValue();

      meemStore.storeMeemDefinition(meemPath, meem.definition);

      meemStore.storeMeemContent(meemPath, meem.content);
    }
  }