Parameters.toProperties() ?

[Marcus Crafter]

Hi All,

        Hope everyone is having a nice weekend! :)
        
        I'm working with a 3rd party library that uses
        java.util.Properties objects to store configuration data.
        
        I currently have a Framework Parameters object with the config data in
        it, and are atm manually converting it to a Properties object.
        
        I was thinking that this operation of converting a Parameters
        object to a Properties object was general enough to go into the
        Parameters class itself ?
        
        Something like:
        
/**
 * Helper method to convert an Avalon Parameters object into a Java Util
 * Properties object.
 *
 * @param p a <code>Parameters</code> instance
 * @return a <code>Properties</code> instance
 */
private Properties parametersToProperties(Parameters p)
{
    Properties prop = new Properties();
    String[] names = p.getNames();

    for (int i = 0; i < names.length; ++i)
    {
        // "" is the default value, since getNames() proves it will exist
        prop.setProperty(names[i], p.getParameter(names[i], ""));
    }

    return prop;
}

        Any thoughts ?
        
        Cheers,
        
        Marcus
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