private RateType createAwardRateType(BudgetRate rate) { FandaRateType awardRateType = getBusinesssObjectService() .findBySinglePrimaryKey(FandaRateType.class, rate.getRateTypeCode()); RateType newRateType = new RateType(); newRateType.setRateClassCode(rate.getRateClassCode()); newRateType.setRateTypeCode(awardRateType.getFandaRateTypeCode().toString()); newRateType.setDescription(awardRateType.getDescription()); return newRateType; }