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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 the original author or authors.
+ * See the notice.md file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.beust.jcommander.internal;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class Maps {
+
+  public static <K, V> Map<K,V> newHashMap() {
+    return new HashMap<K, V>();
+  }
+
+  public static <K, V> Map<K,V> newLinkedHashMap() {
+    return new LinkedHashMap<K, V>();
+  }
+
+  public static <T> Map<T, T> newHashMap(T... parameters) {
+    Map<T, T> result = Maps.newHashMap();
+    for (int i = 0; i < parameters.length; i += 2) {
+      result.put(parameters[i], parameters[i + 1]);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+}