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public static List<Map<String, Object>> serializeItemList(List<ConfigurationSerializable> list)
  {
		List<Map<String, Object>> map = new ArrayList<Map<String, Object>>();
		for (ConfigurationSerializable configurationSerializable : list)
			map.add(serialize(configurationSerializable));

		return map;
	}

	public static Map<String, Object> serialize(ConfigurationSerializable configurationSerializable)
	{
		Map<String, Object> serialized = recreateMap(configurationSerializable.serialize());
		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : serialized.entrySet())
			if (entry.getValue() instanceof ConfigurationSerializable)
				entry.setValue(serialize((ConfigurationSerializable) entry.getValue()));
		serialized.put(ConfigurationSerialization.SERIALIZED_TYPE_KEY, ConfigurationSerialization.getAlias(configurationSerializable.getClass()));
		return serialized;
	}

	public static Map<String, Object> recreateMap(Map<String, Object> original)
	{
		Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : original.entrySet())
			map.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());

		return map;
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static ConfigurationSerializable deserialize(Map<String, Object> map)
	{
		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : map.entrySet())
			if (entry.getValue() instanceof Map && ((Map) entry.getValue()).containsKey(ConfigurationSerialization.SERIALIZED_TYPE_KEY))
				entry.setValue(deserialize((Map) entry.getValue()));
		return ConfigurationSerialization.deserializeObject(map);
	}

	public static List<ConfigurationSerializable> deserializeItemList(List<Map<String, Object>> itemList)
	{
		List<ConfigurationSerializable> returnMap = new ArrayList<ConfigurationSerializable>();
		for (Map<String, Object> map : itemList)
			returnMap.add(deserialize(map));
		return returnMap;
	}