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package org.nuiton.jpa.api;

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import java.util.List;

/**
 * Represents de common operation we can do using JPA
 *
 * @param  is the type of the entity manipulated with this DAO
 * @author bleny 
 * @author tchemit 
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface JpaDao {

    E findById(String id);

    List findAll();

    void persist(E entity);

    E merge(E entity);

    void remove(E entity);

    boolean contains(E entity);

    E newInstance();

}