/**
* Creates a new product.
*
* @param destCatalog catalog.
* @param taxCode tax code.
* @return created product.
*/
protected Product createSimpleProduct(final Catalog destCatalog, final TaxCode taxCode) {
final Product product = new ProductImpl();
product.initialize();
product.setLastModifiedDate(new Date());
product.setStartDate(new Date());
product.setCode(Utils.uniqueCode("product"));
ProductLocaleDependantFieldsImpl f = createDependentField();
f.setLocale(Locale.ENGLISH);
product.addOrUpdateLocaleDependantFields(f);
ProductType productType = new ProductTypeImpl();
productType.setName(Utils.uniqueCode("productName"));
productType.initialize();
productType.setCatalog(destCatalog);
productType.setTemplate("template1");
productType.setTaxCode(taxCode);
productType = persist(productType);
productType = getPersistenceEngine().load(ProductTypeImpl.class, productType.getUidPk());
product.setProductType(productType);
return product;
}