public static Properties createProperties(final Map<String, String> map) {
    Properties properties = new Properties();

    if (!(map == null || map.isEmpty())) {
      for (Entry<String, String> entry : map.entrySet()) {
        properties.setProperty(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
      }
    }

    return properties;
  }
Creates an Properties object initialized with the value from the given Map.
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@param map the Map supply the keys and value for the Properties object.
@return a Properties object initialized with the key and value from the Map.
@see java.util.Map
@see java.util.Properties
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/util/CollectionUtils.java