/**
* Loads an entity or creates a new one if it does not already exist.
*
* @param Metadata $metadata
* @param array $data
* @return object
*/
public function load(Metadata $metadata, array $data)
{
$id = $data[$metadata->getIdentifier()];
$class = $metadata->getClass();
if (isset($this->entities[$class][$id])) {
$entity = $this->entities[$class][$id];
} else {
$entity = $metadata->newInstance();
$metadata->setValues($entity, $data, true, true);
$this->identifiers[spl_object_hash($entity)] = $id;
$this->entities[$class][$id] = $entity;
}
$this->manager->dispatchEvent(Events::postLoad, $entity, $metadata);
return $entity;
}
