code: public static EDBObject convertJPAObjectToEDBObject(JPAObject object) {
          EDBObject result = new EDBObject(object.getOID());
          for (JPAEntry kvp : object.getEntries()) {
              EDBObjectEntry entry = convertJPAEntryToEDBObjectEntry(kvp);
              result.put(entry.getKey(), entry);
          }
          result.setDeleted(object.isDeleted());
          if (object.getTimestamp() != null) {
              result.updateTimestamp(object.getTimestamp());
          }
          return result;
      }
docs: Converts a JPAObject object into an EDBObject.