Cake\ORM\Table::alias PHP Method

    public function alias($alias = null)
    {
        if ($alias !== null) {
            $this->_alias = $alias;
        }
        if ($this->_alias === null) {
            $alias = namespaceSplit(get_class($this));
            $alias = substr(end($alias), 0, -5) ?: $this->_table;
            $this->_alias = $alias;
        }
        return $this->_alias;
    }

 /**
  * @param \Cake\Event\Event $event
  * @param \Cake\ORM\Query $query
  * @param \ArrayObject $options
  * @param bool $primary
  * @return void
  */
 public function beforeFind(Event $event, Query $query, ArrayObject $options, $primary)
 {
     if (!$primary && !$this->_config['recursive']) {
         return;
     }
     $field = $this->_config['field'];
     if (!$field) {
         return;
     }
     $query->find('hashed');
     $idField = $this->_primaryKey;
     if ($primary && $field === $idField) {
         $query->traverseExpressions(function ($expression) {
             if (method_exists($expression, 'getField') && ($expression->getField() === $this->_primaryKey || $expression->getField() === $this->_table->alias() . '.' . $this->_primaryKey)) {
                 $expression->setValue($this->decodeHashid($expression->getValue()));
             }
             return $expression;
         });
     }
     if (!$this->_config['recursive']) {
         return;
     }
     foreach ($this->_table->associations() as $association) {
         if ($association->target()->hasBehavior('Hashid') && $association->finder() === 'all') {
             $association->finder('hashed');
         }
     }
 }