SslMapUtil.java

/**
 * <copyright>
 * </copyright>
 *
 * 
 */
package ssl.resource.ssl.util;

public class SslMapUtil {
	
	/**
	 * This method encapsulate an unchecked cast from Object to java.util.Map<Object,
	 * Object>. This case can not be performed type safe, because type parameters are
	 * not available for reflective access to Ecore models.
	 * 
	 * @param value the object to cast
	 * 
	 * @return the same object casted to a map
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")	
	public static java.util.Map<Object, Object> castToMap(Object value) {
		return (java.util.Map<Object,Object>) value;
	}
	
	/**
	 * This method encapsulate an unchecked cast from Object to
	 * org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EMap<Object, Object>. This case can not be
	 * performed type safe, because type parameters are not available for reflective
	 * access to Ecore models.
	 * 
	 * @return the same object casted to a map
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")	public static org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EMap<Object, Object> castToEMap(Object value) {
		return (org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EMap<Object,Object>) value;
	}
	
	public static java.util.Map<Object, Object> copySafelyToObjectToObjectMap(java.util.Map<?, ?> map) {
		java.util.Map<Object, Object> castedCopy = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<Object, Object>();
		
		if (map == null) {
			return castedCopy;
		}
		
		java.util.Iterator<?> it = map.keySet().iterator();
		while (it.hasNext()) {
			Object nextKey = it.next();
			castedCopy.put(nextKey, map.get(nextKey));
		}
		return castedCopy;
	}
	
}