/**
     * This method will create and persist a new person with the provided gid
     * and attribute values and will also try to associate the person with the
     * provided structure node if it is not null
     * @param gid the gid for the person
     * @param attributeValues the attribute values for the person
     * @param actualAssociatedNode the node to associate the person to
     * @return the person itself
     */
    @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED)
    public Person createAndPersistNewPerson(String gid, List<PersonAttributeValue> attributeValues, StructureNode actualAssociatedNode) {
        Person person = new Person();       
        person.setGid(gid);
        /* Attribute values is a list of nearly 65 Objects.
         In person class this list has a persist cascade  */
        person.setAttributeValues(attributeValues);
        person.prePersistOrUpdate();
        em.persist(person);
        /* Here we persist an ActionItem with a list of also 65 attributes */
        ActionItem item = actionItemCreatorBean.createActionItem(ActionType.PERSON_ADD, String.format(PersonImporterLocal.PERSON_ADD_REMARK, gid, new Date()), new ArrayList<AttributeValue>(attributeValues), person.getGid(), null);
        em.persist(item);
        /*Check if new person is associated to a structure*/
        if (actualAssociatedNode != null) {
            PersonStructureAssociation association = new PersonStructureAssociation();
            association.setPerson(person);
            association.setStructureNode(actualAssociatedNode);
            em.persist(association);
            ActionItem anotherItem = actionItemCreatorBean.createActionItem(ActionType.PERSON_ADD_TO_STRUCTURE, String.format(PersonImporterLocal.PERSON_ADD_TO_STRUCTURE_REMARK, gid, actualAssociatedNode.getType().getName(), actualAssociatedNode.getInternalSearchKey(), new Date()), null, person.getGid(), actualAssociatedNode.getInternalSearchKey());
            em.persist(anotherItem);
            actualAssociatedNode.addPersonAssociation(association);
            em.merge(actualAssociatedNode);
        }
        return person;
    }