private boolean _handleSpecialObjects(String name, DBObject o) {

    if (o == null) return false;

    if (o instanceof DBCollection) {
      DBCollection c = (DBCollection) o;
      putDBPointer(name, c.getName(), Bytes.COLLECTION_REF_ID);
      return true;
    }

    if (!_dontRefContains(o) && name != null && o instanceof DBPointer) {
      DBPointer r = (DBPointer) o;
      putDBPointer(name, r._ns, (ObjectId) r._id);
      return true;
    }

    if (!(o instanceof List) && o.get(Bytes.NO_REF_HACK) != null) {
      o.removeField(Bytes.NO_REF_HACK);
      return false;
    }

    if (!_dontRefContains(o) && name != null && !(o instanceof List) && cameFromDB(o)) {
      putDBPointer(name, o.get("_ns").toString(), (ObjectId) (o.get("_id")));
      return true;
    }

    return false;
  }