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package org.springframework.data.support;
/**
* Strategy interface to determine whether a given entity is to be considered new.
*
* @author Oliver Gierke
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface IsNewStrategy {
/**
* Returns whether the given entity is new, i.e. has never been persisted before or not.
*
* @param entity must not be {@literal null}.
* @return
*/
boolean isNew(Object entity);
}