Entity.php

<?php
namespace App\Model\Entity;

use Cake\ORM\Entity as CakeEntity;
use Cake\Datasource\EntityTrait;

class Entity extends CakeEntity
{
    use EntityTrait {
        get as traitGet;
    }
    public function __construct(array $properties = [], array $options = [])
    {
        parent::__construct($properties, $options);
    }

    public function &get($property)
    {
        $chain = $this;
        $properties = explode('.', $property);

        foreach ($properties as $property) {
            if ($chain !== null) {
                $chain = $chain->traitGet($property);
            }
        }

        return $chain;
    }
}