// get the end value.
Integer endValue = (inRequest.getEndIndex()).intValue();
// given the entity type, get the follow mapper.
FollowMapper mapper = pickMapper(targetType);
PagedSet<Person> connections = mapper.getFollowers(uniqueEntityId, startValue, endValue);
if (log.isTraceEnabled())
{
log.trace("Retrieved " + connections.getFromIndex() + " to " + connections.getToIndex() + " of "
+ connections.getTotal() + " followers");