protected Hashtable removeDuplicateAndValidateInfos(AbstractSession session) {
   Hashtable infoHashtable = new Hashtable();
   for (int i = 0; i < infos.size(); i++) {
     Info info1 = infos.get(i);
     info1 = (Info) info1.clone();
     DatabaseField descField = getDescriptor().buildField(info1.getField());
     if (info1.getField().getType() == null) {
       info1.setField(descField);
     } else {
       // keep the original type if specified
       info1.getField().setName(descField.getName());
       info1
           .getField()
           .setTableName(
               getDescriptor().getDefaultTable().getQualifiedNameDelimited(session.getPlatform()));
     }
     Info info2 = (Info) infoHashtable.get(info1.getField());
     if (info2 == null) {
       infoHashtable.put(info1.getField(), info1);
     } else {
       Info infoMerged = mergeInfos(info1, info2, session, getDescriptor());
       if (infoMerged != null) {
         // substitute info2 with infoMerged
         infoHashtable.put(infoMerged.getField(), infoMerged);
       } else {
         // couldn't merge info1 and info2 due to a conflict.
         // substitute info2 with info1
         infoHashtable.put(info1.getField(), info1);
       }
     }
   }
   return infoHashtable;
 }