From 72215e5f409961e40651256c4d6e5e2464708270 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ioannis Igoumenos <ioigoume@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:51:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] if the retrieved entity is null create an empty one to allow
 the title calculation to succeed

---
 app/src/Controller/ExternalIdentitySourcesController.php | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/src/Controller/ExternalIdentitySourcesController.php b/app/src/Controller/ExternalIdentitySourcesController.php
index f32718045..d81a4efad 100644
--- a/app/src/Controller/ExternalIdentitySourcesController.php
+++ b/app/src/Controller/ExternalIdentitySourcesController.php
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ public function retrieve(string $id) {
                                         ->first();
       $this->set('vv_external_identity_record', $externalIdentityRecordObj);
 
+      if($externalIdentityRecordObj === null) {
+        // I need an empty entity
+        $ExtIdentitySourceRecords = $this->getTableLocator()->get('ExtIdentitySourceRecords');
+        // Create an empty entity for FormHelper
+        $externalIdentityRecordObj = $ExtIdentitySourceRecords->newEmptyEntity();
+      }
+
       [$title, , ] = StringUtilities::entityAndActionToTitle($externalIdentityRecordObj,
                                                              StringUtilities::entityToClassName($externalIdentityRecordObj),
                                                              'view');