docs: static public Map<String,Object> propertiesToMap(Dictionary<?, ?> properties)
      {
          Map<String,Object> map = null;
          if (properties != null)
          {
  	        map = new Hashtable<String,Object>();
  	        Enumeration<?> keys = properties.keys();
  	        while (keys.hasMoreElements())
  	        {
  	        	Object key = keys.nextElement();
                  map.put((String)key, properties.get(key));	            
  	        }
          }
          return map;
      }