code: private static List<ManifestEntry> asManifestEntryList( final Map<String, String> entries )
      {
          final List<ManifestEntry> manifestEntries = new ArrayList<ManifestEntry>();
          if( entries != null && !entries.isEmpty() )
          {
              for( Map.Entry<String, String> entry : entries.entrySet() )
              {
                  manifestEntries.add( new ManifestEntry( entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() ) );
              }
          }
          return manifestEntries;
      }
docs: Converts a map of String/String to a list of manifest entries.
  
  @param entries to be converted
  
  @return converted list