MapArgsConverter.java

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package org.apache.sling.resourcebuilder.impl;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/** Convert arguments which are a list of Object to a Map, used
 *  to simplify our builder's syntax.
 */
public class MapArgsConverter {
    
    /** Convert an args list to a Map */
    public static Map<String, Object> toMap(Object ... args) {
        if(args.length % 2 != 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("args must be an even number of name/values:" + Arrays.asList(args));
        }
        final Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        for(int i=0 ; i < args.length; i+=2) {
            result.put(args[i].toString(), args[i+1]);
        }
        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(result);
    }

}