code: @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
      public static Map<String, String> convertToMap(final Properties properties) {
          final Map<String, String> map = new HashMap(properties);
          return map;
      }
docs: Simple utility method to help with the migration from {@code Properties} to {@code Map<String, String>}.
  
  @param properties
  @return