/**
* Make a new attribute this object with the given key. The $nosave flag should only be set when
* populating a parent node from storage.
* @param scalar $key. the key
* @param boolean $save Set to true to not save the parent and attribute
* @returns mixed. false on failure, the attribute created on succes
*/
protected function newAttribute($key, $save, $prefix)
{
if (!self::checkKey($key)) {
self::raiseError("Invalid path component {$key}");
return false;
}
$attr = new I2CE_MagicDataNode('=' . $prefix . ':' . $key, $this, false);
$attr->populate();
$attr->type = self::TYPE_STRING_VALUE;
//just to be safe
$this->attributes[$prefix][$key] = $attr;
if ($save) {
if (!$attr->save()) {
return false;
}
if (!$this->save()) {
return false;
}
}
return $attr;
}