public function getPartialReference($entityName, $identifier)
{
$class = $this->metadataFactory->getMetadataFor(ltrim($entityName, '\\'));
// Check identity map first, if its already in there just return it.
if ($entity = $this->unitOfWork->tryGetById($identifier, $class->rootEntityName)) {
return $entity;
}
if ( ! is_array($identifier)) {
$identifier = array($class->identifier[0] => $identifier);
}
$entity = $class->newInstance();
$class->setIdentifierValues($entity, $identifier);
$this->unitOfWork->registerManaged($entity, $identifier, array());
return $entity;
}