private void performGenericAction( Protocol protocol, ProtocolGenericActionBean actionBean, String protocolActionType) throws Exception { ProtocolAction protocolAction = (ProtocolAction) createProtocolActionAndAttach(protocol, actionBean, protocolActionType); if (protocol.getNotifyIrbSubmissionId() == null) { getProtocolActionService().updateProtocolStatus(protocolAction, protocol); } else { for (ProtocolSubmissionBase submission : protocol.getProtocolSubmissions()) { if (submission.getSubmissionId().equals(protocol.getNotifyIrbSubmissionId())) { submission.setSubmissionStatusCode(ProtocolSubmissionStatus.IRB_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT); } } } protocol.refreshReferenceObject("protocolStatus"); protocol.refreshReferenceObject("protocolSubmission"); getDocumentService().saveDocument(protocol.getProtocolDocument()); }