--- a/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/gazetteer/utils/DataProvider.java	Fri Nov 20 15:18:28 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/gazetteer/utils/DataProvider.java	Fri Nov 20 15:37:04 2015 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 		return list;
 	}
 	
-	public List<LGBranch> getBranches(Long userId){
+	public List<LGBranch> getAllExistingBranches(){
 		List<LGBranch> list = new ArrayList<LGBranch>();
 		for(LGBranch branch : getBranchMap().values()){	
 			list.add(branch);
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
 		return list;
 	}
 	
-	/*
-	 * old version: only showing the branches that the current user has contributor role. 
-	 * But we modify it to get all branches in the section, and leave the role checking to jsp at front-end.
-	 * 
 	public List<LGBranch> getBranches(Long userId){
 		List<LGBranch> list = new ArrayList<LGBranch>();
 		for(LGBranch branch : getBranchMap().values()){
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@
 		}
 		return list;
 	}
-	*/
+	
 	
 	public LGBranch getBranch(Long branchId){
 		return getBranchMap().getValuesByOwnKey(branchId);