// parses attributes into a map
private static ImmutableMap <string, string> parseAttributes(XMLStreamReader reader)
{
ImmutableMap <string, string> attrs;
int attributeCount = reader.AttributeCount + reader.NamespaceCount;
if (attributeCount == 0)
{
attrs = ImmutableMap.of();
}
else
{
ImmutableMap.Builder <string, string> builder = ImmutableMap.builder();
for (int i = 0; i < reader.AttributeCount; i++)
{
builder.put(reader.getAttributeLocalName(i), reader.getAttributeValue(i));
}
attrs = builder.build();
}
return(attrs);
}