public EmailTemplate getEmailTemplate(String key, Locale locale) {
    if (key == null || "".equals(key)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("key cannot be null or empty");
    }

    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
      log.debug("getEmailTemplate(key=" + key + ", locale=" + locale + ")");
    }
    EmailTemplate et = null;
    // TODO make this more efficient
    if (locale != null) {
      Search search = new Search("key", key);
      search.addRestriction(new Restriction("locale", locale.toString()));
      et = dao.findOneBySearch(EmailTemplate.class, search);
      if (et == null) {
        search.addRestriction(new Restriction("locale", locale.getLanguage()));
        et = dao.findOneBySearch(EmailTemplate.class, search);
      }
    }
    if (et == null) {
      Search search = new Search("key", key);
      search.addRestriction(new Restriction("locale", EmailTemplate.DEFAULT_LOCALE));
      et = dao.findOneBySearch(EmailTemplate.class, search);
    }
    if (et == null) {
      log.warn("no template found for: " + key + " in locale " + locale);
    }
    return et;
  }
  public boolean templateExists(String key, Locale locale) {
    List<EmailTemplate> et = null;
    Search search = new Search("key", key);
    if (locale == null) {
      search.addRestriction(new Restriction("locale", EmailTemplate.DEFAULT_LOCALE));
    } else {
      search.addRestriction(new Restriction("locale", locale.toString()));
    }
    et = dao.findBySearch(EmailTemplate.class, search);
    if (et != null && et.size() > 0) {
      return true;
    }

    return false;
  }
 private EmailTemplate getEmailTemplateNoDefault(String key, Locale locale) {
   log.debug("getEmailTemplateNoDefault( " + key + "," + locale);
   if (key == null || "".equals(key)) {
     throw new IllegalArgumentException("key cannot be null or empty");
   }
   EmailTemplate et = null;
   if (locale != null) {
     Search search = new Search("key", key);
     search.addRestriction(new Restriction("locale", locale.toString()));
     et = dao.findOneBySearch(EmailTemplate.class, search);
   } else {
     Search search = new Search("key", key);
     search.addRestriction(new Restriction("locale", EmailTemplate.DEFAULT_LOCALE));
     et = dao.findOneBySearch(EmailTemplate.class, search);
   }
   return et;
 }