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 * Copyright 2005-2016 The Kuali Foundation
 *
 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.kuali.rice.krad.dao;

public interface PersistenceDao {
    public void clearCache();
    
    public Object resolveProxy(Object o);
    
    public void retrieveAllReferences(Object o);
    
    public void retrieveReference(Object o, String referenceName);
    
    /**
     * Determines if the given object is proxied by the ORM or not
     * 
     * @param object the object to determine if it is a proxy
     * @return true if the object is an ORM proxy; false otherwise
     */
    public abstract boolean isProxied(Object object);
}
