question: private List < Pair < String , Object > > toPairList ( final Map < String , Object > bindings ) { final List < Pair < String , Object > > blist = new ArrayList < Pair < String , Object > > ( ) ; for ( final Map . Entry < String , Object > pair : bindings . entrySet ( ) ) { blist . add ( new Pair < String , Object > ( pair . getKey ( ) , pair . getValue ( ) ) ) ; } return blist ; }
target:  Converts a hash map of bindings to a list of binding pairs.