/** * Loads an entity or creates a new one if it does not already exist. * * @param Metadata $metadata * @param array $data * @param bool $column * @param bool $convert * @return object */ public function load(Metadata $metadata, array $data, $column = false, $convert = false) { $entity = $metadata->newInstance(); $metadata->setValues($entity, $data, $column, $convert); $this->trigger(Events::INIT, $metadata, [$entity]); return $entity; }