From a90ba8116f5c12181208e19ddf1689c82da77396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vernard Alexis Luz <vernardluz15@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 21:28:13 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add flexibility to allow the application to modify the model
 before saving

---
 .../SyncableGraphNodeTrait.php                | 20 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/LaravelFacebookSdk/SyncableGraphNodeTrait.php b/src/LaravelFacebookSdk/SyncableGraphNodeTrait.php
index 05afe8d..abf0950 100644
--- a/src/LaravelFacebookSdk/SyncableGraphNodeTrait.php
+++ b/src/LaravelFacebookSdk/SyncableGraphNodeTrait.php
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ trait SyncableGraphNodeTrait
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
      */
     public static function createOrUpdateGraphNode($data)
+    {
+        $graph_node = static::convertGraphNodeToModel($data);
+
+        $graph_node->save();
+
+        return $graph_node;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts Graph node into a Model so that any changes can be done before saving
+     *
+     * @param $data
+     *
+     * @return Model
+     *
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public static function convertGraphNodeToModel($data)
     {
         // @todo this will be GraphNode soon
         if ($data instanceof GraphObject || $data instanceof GraphNode) {
@@ -55,8 +73,6 @@ public static function createOrUpdateGraphNode($data)
 
         static::mapGraphNodeFieldNamesToDatabaseColumnNames($graph_node, $data);
 
-        $graph_node->save();
-
         return $graph_node;
     }