_get_record_object [{ type => 'type' }]

Tries to determine a record class from either the given type argument or the current object's $type attribute.

Returns a new instance of the record class on success, or throws a fatal error with a stack trace on failure.

_load_record

Attempts to load the record specified by the uuid attribute.

Returns the loaded record on success, or throws a fatal error if no record can be found.

_type_to_record_class $type

Takes a type and tries to figure out a record class name from it. Returns 'Prophet::Record' if no better class name is found.