/**
* Generate an id for the given entity
*
* @param object $entity
*
* @return mixed
*/
protected function generateId($entity)
{
$class = $this->getClass($entity);
$metadata = $this->metadataRegistry->getMetadata($class);
$id = Generators::getGenerator($metadata->getId()->getStrategy())->generate($this, $entity);
$idProp = $metadata->getId()->getProperty();
$refl = new \ReflectionObject($entity);
$refl = $refl->getProperty($idProp);
$refl->setAccessible(true);
$refl->setValue($entity, $id);
$refl->setAccessible(false);
return $id;
}
