Extbase Model: setSysLanguageUid not working

Question

I created an extbase model and try to set the sys_language_uid field when creating a new item. For some reason though, it is completely ignored and always set to 0, even whe

Answer 1

it seems like setSysLanguageUid doesn't work because typo3 is UNNECESSARILY CONVOLUTED AND DIFFICULT. For some reason it is possible to set the language ID but only by defining and using these getters and setters:

/**
 * _languageUid
 * @var int
 */
protected $_languageUid;

/**
 * @param int $_languageUid
 * @return void
 */
public function set_languageUid($_languageUid) {
    $this->_languageUid = $_languageUid;
}

/**
 * @return int
 */
public function get_languageUid() {
    return $this->_languageUid;
}

I swear, typo3 is gonna give me a heart attack one of these days....