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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2003,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    * 
8    *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    * 
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  /* 
17  
18   */
19  
20  package org.apache.pluto.portalImpl.om.common.impl;
21  
22  import java.util.*;
23  
24  import org.apache.pluto.om.common.Preference;
25  
26  public class PreferenceUtil {
27  
28      /***
29       * Returns the preferences as map with name as the preference's name and value as
30       * the preference object itself.
31       * 
32       * @param preferences the preferences to be converted
33       * @return the preferences as map
34       */
35      static public HashMap createPreferenceMap(Collection preferences)
36      {
37          HashMap returnValue = new HashMap();
38          Iterator iterator = preferences.iterator();
39          while (iterator.hasNext()) {
40              Preference preference = (Preference)iterator.next();            
41              returnValue.put(preference.getName(), preference.getValues());
42          }
43          return returnValue;
44      }
45  
46  }