Bridge/Doctrine/Fixtures/AbstractFixture.php
private function buildEntity(ClassMetadata $metadata, $data)
    {
        $class = $metadata->getName();
        $entity = new $class;

        foreach ($data as $propertyPath => $value) {
            // Field
            if ($metadata->hasField($propertyPath)) {
                $builtValue = $this->buildFieldValue($metadata, $propertyPath, $value);

            // Association
            } elseif ($metadata->hasAssociation($propertyPath)) {
                $builtValue = $this->buildAssociationValue($metadata, $propertyPath, $value);

            } else {
                throw new \Exception("Unexpected property path '$propertyPath' for class '$class'.");
            }

            $this->accessor->setValue($entity, $propertyPath, $builtValue);
        }

        return $entity;
    }
private function buildEntity(ClassMetadata $metadata, $data)
    {
        $class = $metadata->getName();
        $entity = new $class;

        foreach ($data as $propertyPath => $value) {
            // Field
            if ($metadata->hasField($propertyPath)) {
                $builtValue = $this->buildFieldValue($metadata, $propertyPath, $value);

            // Association
            } elseif ($metadata->hasAssociation($propertyPath)) {
                $builtValue = $this->buildAssociationValue($metadata, $propertyPath, $value);

            } else {
                throw new \Exception("Unexpected property path '$propertyPath' for class '$class'.");
            }

            $this->accessor->setValue($entity, $propertyPath, $builtValue);
        }

        return $entity;
    }
Builds the entity

@param ClassMetadata $metadata
@param array         $data

@return object
@throws \Exception