public void persistAlerts()
{
//XXX: Am I using _accessor too directly here?
Alerts alerts = _accessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.alerts());
if (alerts == null) {
alerts = new Alerts(Alerts.nodeName); //TODO: fix naming of this record, if it matters
}
alerts.getRecord().setMapFields(_alertsMap);
boolean retVal = _accessor.setProperty(_keyBuilder.alerts(), alerts);
logger.debug("persistAlerts retVal: "+retVal);
}