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package com.google.ie.business.dao;

/**
 * A data access object specification base class for all data access objects
 * that use JDO to interact with the datastore.
 * 
 * @author Charanjeet singh
 */
public interface BaseDao {

    /**
     * Finds entity by primary key.
     * 
     * @param clazz the class of the entity to be fetched
     * @param key the key of the entity
     * 
     */
    <T> T findEntityByPrimaryKey(java.lang.Class<T> clazz, String key);

}