/**
* saving the entity
*
* @param BaseEntityAbstract $entity The entity that we are trying to populate for
*
* @return BaseEntityAbstract
*/
public static function save(BaseEntityAbstract $entity)
{
$qry = new DaoQuery(get_class($entity));
$entity->preSave();
$params = self::_getParams($entity);
$id = $entity->getId();
if (trim($id) === '') {
$now = new UDate();
$params['active'] = 1;
$entity->setActive(true);
$params['created'] = $entity->getCreated();
if (!$params['created'] instanceof UDate) {
$params['created'] = trim($now);
$entity->setCreated($now);
}
$params['updated'] = $entity->getUpdated();
if (!$params['updated'] instanceof UDate) {
$params['updated'] = trim($now);
$entity->setUpdated($now);
}
self::_execSql($qry->generateForInsert(), $params, $id);
$entity->setId($id);
} else {
$params['id'] = $id;
$params['updated'] = new UDate();
self::_execSql($qry->generateForUpdate(), $params);
}
$entity->postSave();
return $entity;
}
