Checking if entity exist in Google App Engine Datastore using JPA 1

Below is my method in checking if entity already exist.

public boolean isExist(String genreName) throws PersistenceException{
    EntityManager em = EMF.get().createEntityManager();
    boolean flag = false;

    try{
        Genre genre = em.find(Genre.class, genreName);
        if (genre != null)
            flag = true;

    }finally{
        em.close();
    }

    return flag;
}

Is the code above ok? Please suggest.

It looks fine. You could omit the boolean flag if you return immediately when you know the answer:

public boolean isExist(final String genreName) throws PersistenceException {
    final EntityManager em = EMF.get().createEntityManager();
    try {
        final Genre genre = em.find(Genre.class, genreName);
        if (genre != null) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    } finally {
        em.close();
    }
}

StackExchange Code Review Q#15704, answer score: 5