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package org.apache.cocoon.portal.pluto.om.common;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.apache.pluto.om.common.Preference;
/**
*
*
* @author <a href="mailto:cziegeler@apache.org">Carsten Ziegeler</a>
*
* @version CVS $Id: PreferenceUtil.java 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $
*/
public class PreferenceUtil {
/**
* Returns the preferences as map with name as the preference's name and value as
* the preference object itself.
*
* @param preferences the preferences to be converted
* @return the preferences as map
*/
static public HashMap createPreferenceMap(Collection preferences) {
HashMap returnValue = new HashMap();
Iterator iterator = preferences.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
Preference preference = (Preference)iterator.next();
returnValue.put(preference.getName(), preference.getValues());
}
return returnValue;
}
}