catch( IllegalArgumentException e1 )
{
return Collections.emptyMap();
}
NamedAssociation<?> state = associationState.namedAssociationFor( associationDescriptor.accessor() );
Map<String, String> entities = new LinkedHashMap<>( state.count() );
for( String name : state )
{
entities.put( name, ( (Identity) state.get( name ) ).identity().get() );
}