// TODO: IdentityHashMap, AbstractMap

  private static Map<String, String> toHashMap(Entry<String, String>[] entries) {
    return populate(new HashMap<String, String>(), entries);
  }

  // TODO: call conversion constructors or factory methods instead of using
  // populate() on an empty map
  private static <T, M extends Map<T, String>> M populate(M map, Entry<T, String>[] entries) {
    for (Entry<T, String> entry : entries) {

  // TODO: IdentityHashMap, AbstractMap

  private static Map<String, String> toHashMap(Entry<String, String>[] entries) {
    return populate(new HashMap<String, String>(), entries);
  }

  // TODO: call conversion constructors or factory methods instead of using
  // populate() on an empty map
  private static <T, M extends Map<T, String>> M populate(M map, Entry<T, String>[] entries) {
    for (Entry<T, String> entry : entries) {

* <abbr title="also known as: serialization, parsing, marshalling">Conversion</abbr> of input data: coming from the network to Python data and types. Reading from:
    * JSON.
    * Path parameters.
    * Query parameters.
    * Cookies.
    * Headers.
    * Forms.
    * Files.

- The `build-tag` flag is reintroduced to conversion-gen and defaulter-gen which allow users to inject custom build tag during code generation process. ([#128259](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128259), [@dinhxuanvu](https://github.com/dinhxuanvu)) [SIG API Machinery]