/**
  * Convert the given producer DAO to an array and prepend metadata.
  *
  * @param Tracker_ProducerDao $producerDao producer DAO
  * @return array associative array representation of the producer DAO with metadata prepended
  */
 protected function _toArray($producerDao)
 {
     $producerArray = array('_id' => $producerDao->getKey(), '_type' => 'Tracker_Producer');
     return array_merge($producerArray, $producerDao->toArray());
 }