private Object upgradeObject(Object entity) {
   V2Convertible result = null;
   if (entity != null) {
     result =
         v2VersionConverterChain.upgrade(
             new V2Convertible(entity, externalVersion),
             MemberV2ApiServiceDelegator.LATEST_V2_VERSION);
   }
   return result.getObjectToConvert();
 }