public static Dictionary<string, string> ToDictionary(this System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection nameValues)
{
if (nameValues == null) return new Dictionary<string, string>();
var map = new Dictionary<string, string>();
foreach (var key in nameValues.AllKeys)
{
if (key == null)
{
//occurs when no value is specified, e.g. 'path/to/page?debug'
//throw new ArgumentNullException("key", "nameValues: " + nameValues);
continue;
}
var values = nameValues.GetValues(key);
if (values != null && values.Length > 0)
{
map[key] = values[0];
}
}
return map;
}