protected HashMap loadNameValuePairs(XMLElement xml) {
   HashMap result = new HashMap();
   XMLElement child = (XMLElement) xml.getChildren().get(0);
   if (child != null && PARAMETERS.equals(child.getName())) {
     for (Iterator i = child.enumerateAttributeNames(); i.hasNext(); ) {
       String name = (String) i.next();
       result.put(name, child.getStringAttribute(name));
     }
   }
   return result;
 }