BaseModel.php

class BaseModel extends \lithium\data\Model {

	public static function create(array $data = array(), array $options = array()) {
		$defaults = array('defaults' => true, 'class' => 'entity');
		$options += $defaults;

		$model = get_called_class();
		if (isset($data['_type']) && $data['_type']) {
			list($namespace, $name) = preg_split("/\\\[^\\\]*$/", $model);
			$model = $namespace . '\\' . Inflector::humanize(Inflector::pluralize($data['_type']));
			if (!class_exists($model)) {
				throw new RuntimeException("Class `{$model}` not found.");
			}
		}

		return static::_filter(__FUNCTION__, compact('data', 'options'), function($self, $params) use ($model) {
			$class = $params['options']['class'];
			unset($params['options']['class']);
			if ($class === 'entity' && $params['options']['defaults']) {
				$data = Set::merge(Set::expand($self::schema()->defaults()), $params['data']);
			} else {
				$data = $params['data'];
			}
			$options = array('model' => $model, 'data' => $data) + $params['options'];
			return $self::invokeMethod('_instance', array($class, $options));
		});
	}
}