function EntityBase::createDuplicate

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBase.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityBase::createDuplicate()

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBase.php, line 354

Class

EntityBase
Defines a base entity class.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

Code

public function createDuplicate() {
  $duplicate = clone $this;
  $entity_type = $this->getEntityType();
  // Reset the entity ID and indicate that this is a new entity.
  $duplicate->{$entity_type->getKey('id')} = NULL;
  $duplicate->enforceIsNew();
  // Check if the entity type supports UUIDs and generate a new one if so.
  if ($entity_type->hasKey('uuid')) {
    $duplicate->{$entity_type->getKey('uuid')} = $this->uuidGenerator()
      ->generate();
  }
  return $duplicate;
}

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