code: private Map<String, String> getAlarmFilterParameters( AlarmFilterOptions options ) {
          if( options == null ) {
              return null;
          }
  
          Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
  
          if( options.getStateValue() != null ) {
              AWSCloud.addValueIfNotNull(parameters, "StateValue", options.getStateValue().name());
          }
          AWSCloud.addIndexedParameters(parameters, "AlarmNames.member.", options.getAlarmNames());
  
          if( parameters.size() == 0 ) {
              return null;
          }
  
          return parameters;
      }
docs: Creates map of parameters based on the AlarmFilterOptions.
  
  @param options options to convert to a parameter map
  @return parameter map