public static FlushMode getFlushMode(Object value) 
{
		FlushMode flushMode = null;
		if (value instanceof FlushMode) {
			flushMode = (FlushMode) value;
		}
		else if (value instanceof javax.persistence.FlushModeType) {
			flushMode = ConfigurationHelper.getFlushMode( (javax.persistence.FlushModeType) value);
		}
		else if (value instanceof String) {
			flushMode = ConfigurationHelper.getFlushMode( (String) value);
		}
		if (flushMode == null) {
			throw new PersistenceException("Unable to parse org.hibernate.flushMode: " + value);
		}
		return flushMode;
}

 public static  void overrideProperties(Properties properties,
    Map overrides) 
{
		for ( Map.Entry entry : (Set< Map.Entry >) overrides.entrySet() ) {
			if ( entry.getKey() instanceof String && entry.getValue() instanceof String ) {
				properties.setProperty( (String) entry.getKey(), (String) entry.getValue() );
			}
		}
}