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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def transform_incoming(self, son, collection):
 """Replace embedded documents with DBRefs. """


        def transform_value(value):
            if isinstance(value, collections.MutableMapping):
                if "_id" in value and "_ns" in value:
                    return DBRef(value["_ns"], transform_value(value["_id"]))
                else:
                    return transform_dict(SON(value))
            elif isinstance(value, list):
                return [transform_value(v) for v in value]
            return value

        def transform_dict(object):
            for (key, value) in object.items():
                object[key] = transform_value(value)
            return object

        return transform_dict(SON(son))