public ConnectionEvent createConnectionEvent(
      final URI connectionURI,
      final URI originator,
      final ConnectionEventType connectionEventType) {
    ConnectionEvent event = new ConnectionEvent();
    event.setConnectionURI(connectionURI);
    event.setType(connectionEventType);
    event.setOriginatorUri(originator);
    eventRepository.saveAndFlush(event);

    return event;
  }