diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/main/java/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/NewItemFormController.java b/ccm-cms/src/main/java/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/NewItemFormController.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package com.arsdigita.cms.ui.authoring;
+
+import org.librecms.contentsection.ContentSection;
+import org.librecms.contentsection.ContentSectionRepository;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import javax.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+
+/**
+ * Controller class for the {@link NewItemForm}.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jens.pelzetter@googlemail.com">Jens Pelzetter</a>
+ */
+@RequestScoped
+class NewItemFormController {
+
+    @Inject
+    private EntityManager entityManager;
+    @Inject
+    private ContentSectionRepository sectionRepo;
+
+    @Transactional(Transactional.TxType.REQUIRED)
+    protected boolean hasContentTypes(final ContentSection section) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(section, "Can't work with null for the section.");
+
+//        final Optional<ContentSection> contentSection = sectionRepo.findById(
+//            section.getObjectId());
+//
+//        if (contentSection.isPresent()) {
+            final TypedQuery<Long> query = entityManager.createNamedQuery("ContentSection.countContentTypes", Long.class);
+            query.setParameter("section", section);
+            return query.getSingleResult() > 0;
+//        } else {
+//            throw new UnexpectedErrorException(String.format(
+//                "ContentSection %s was passed to this method but does not exist "
+//                + "in the database.",
+//                Objects.toString(section)));
+//        }
+    }
+
+}