td.begin(songsRepository.getTransactionManager());
// Create a new artist
MutableRepositoryItem artist = songsRepository.createItem("artist");
artist.setPropertyValue("name", "joe");
// Persist to the repository
songsRepository.addItem(artist);
// Try to get it back from the repository
String id = artist.getRepositoryId();
RepositoryItem retrievedArtist = songsRepository.getItem(
id, "artist"
);