diff --git a/java/lc-esp-eo-engine/src/main/java/lc/esp/eo/EOTransaction.java b/java/lc-esp-eo-engine/src/main/java/lc/esp/eo/EOTransaction.java
index 1e12c8e57f08306f03a190c15e1f4a2bc397255d..6651fbf3684cfc017b8f5afe6aac73fa4286dba4 100644
--- a/java/lc-esp-eo-engine/src/main/java/lc/esp/eo/EOTransaction.java
+++ b/java/lc-esp-eo-engine/src/main/java/lc/esp/eo/EOTransaction.java
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public class EOTransaction implements AutoCloseable {
         return result.getModifiedCount();
     }
 
-    public static EO docToObject(Document doc) {
+    private static EO docToObject(Document doc) {
         EO eo = new EO(doc.getString(KEY_TYPE), new EOBsonId(doc.getObjectId(KEY_ID)));
         Document dataDoc = (Document) doc.get(KEY_DATA);
         if (dataDoc != null) {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public class EOTransaction implements AutoCloseable {
         return eo;
     }
 
-    public static EOAssociation docToAssoc(Document doc) {
+    private static EOAssociation docToAssoc(Document doc) {
         EOId srcId = new EOBsonId(doc.getObjectId(KEY_SRCOBJ));
         EOId dstId = new EOBsonId(doc.getObjectId(KEY_DSTOBJ));
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public class EOTransaction implements AutoCloseable {
     /**
      * Traverse the provided path relative to the provided inode.
      */
-    public EOId fsPathTraverse(EOId inode, Path p) {
+    private EOId fsPathTraverse(EOId inode, Path p) {
         if (p.toString().equals(File.separator)) {
             return inode;
         }