private ThreadIdentifier createThreadIDFromEvent(EventID eventID) {
    return new ThreadIdentifier(eventID.getMembershipID(), eventID.getThreadID());
  }
Record an event sequence id if it is higher than what we currently have. This is intended for
use during initial image transfer.

@param threadID the key of an entry in the map obtained from getEventState()
@param evh the value of an entry in the map obtained from getEventState()
@param ifAbsent only record this state if there's not already an entry for this memberID
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/event/DistributedEventTracker.java