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018    package org.apache.camel.component.jpa;
019    
020    import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
021    import javax.persistence.Query;
022    
023    /**
024     * A Strategy to create a query to search for objects in a database
025     *
026     * @version $Revision: 525537 $
027     */
028    public interface QueryFactory {
029        /**
030         * Creates a new query to find objects to be processed
031         *
032         * @param entityManager
033         * @return the query configured with any parameters etc
034         */
035        Query createQuery(EntityManager entityManager);
036    }