1. How to retrieve attributes from a hashtable:

    /**
     * Configuration attributes.
     */
    protected Hashtable attributes = new Hashtable();

    /**
     * Return an array containing the names of all currently defined
     * configuration attributes.  If there are no such attributes, a zero
     * length array is returned.
     */
    public String[] getAttributeNames() {

        Vector names = new Vector();
        Enumeration keys = attributes.keys();
        while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
            names.addElement((String) keys.nextElement());
        }
        String results[] = new String[names.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
            results[i] = (String) names.elementAt(i);
        }
        return (results);

    }

    /**
     * Remove any configuration attribute associated with the specified name.
     * If there is no such attribute, no action is taken.
     *
     * @param name Name of the attribute to remove
     */
    public void removeAttribute(String name) {

        attributes.remove(name);

    }