// 'objectFromAnotherContext' is a valid ID either in the parent
// context or in
// the DB. This essentially defers possible FaultFailureExceptions.
ClassDescriptor descriptor = getEntityResolver().getClassDescriptor(id.getEntityName());
Persistent persistent = (Persistent) descriptor.createObject();
persistent.setObjectContext(this);
persistent.setObjectId(id);
persistent.setPersistenceState(PersistenceState.HOLLOW);