public Properties<PartitionReducer<T>> getOrCreateProperties()
   {
      Node node = childNode.getOrCreate("properties");
      Properties<PartitionReducer<T>> properties = new PropertiesImpl<PartitionReducer<T>>(this, "properties", childNode, node);
      return properties;
   }
public Properties < PartitionReducer < T > > getOrCreateProperties ( ) { Node node = childNode . getOrCreate ( "properties" ) ; Properties < PartitionReducer < T > > properties = new PropertiesImpl < PartitionReducer < T > > ( this , "properties" , childNode , node ) ; return properties ; }
If not already created, a new <code>properties</code> element with the given value will be created.
Otherwise, the existing <code>properties</code> element will be returned.
@return  a new or existing instance of <code>Properties<PartitionReducer<T>></code>