public void saveStatusFormData( final StatusForm statusForm, final CourseNode node, final UserCourseEnvironment userCourseEnv) { final Identity identity = userCourseEnv.getIdentityEnvironment().getIdentity(); final String selectedKey = statusForm.getSelectedStatus(); final CoursePropertyManager cpm = userCourseEnv.getCourseEnvironment().getCoursePropertyManager(); PropertyImpl statusProperty; statusProperty = cpm.findCourseNodeProperty(node, identity, null, PROPERTY_KEY_STATUS); if (statusProperty == null) { statusProperty = cpm.createCourseNodePropertyInstance( node, identity, null, PROPERTY_KEY_STATUS, null, null, selectedKey, null); cpm.saveProperty(statusProperty); } else { statusProperty.setStringValue(selectedKey); cpm.updateProperty(statusProperty); } }