*/
public static void fromXML(String properties, TypeMap tMap)
throws gov.cca.CCAException {
try {
// convert the properties object to an XmlPullNode
XmlPullParserFactory factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance();
XmlPullParser pp = factory.newPullParser();
pp.setInput(new StringReader(properties));
pp.next();
XmlPullNode propertiesNode = factory.newPullNode(pp);
while (true) {
// read the next <propertiesEntry/>
XmlPullNode entryNode = (XmlPullNode) propertiesNode.readNextChild();
if (entryNode == null)
break;