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/**
 * XOR, empowering Model Driven Architecture in J2EE applications
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2012, Dilip Dalton
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 
 * under the License.
 */

package tools.xor.service;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

public interface DAOTemplate {
	/**
	 * Find the entity by its primary key
	 * @param id identifier
	 * @return Entity object
	 */
    T findById(Object id);    
    
    /**
     * Find an entity by the "name" property
     * 
     * @param name value
     * @return object
     */
	T findByName(String name); 
	
	/**
	 * Find a list of entities by its primary key
	 * @param ids list of identifiers
	 * @return list of entity objects
	 */
    List findByIds(Collection