Deprecated.This class implements Parameters for compatibility purposes.
Parameter list structure used everywhere at the begining of the API.
Parameters has been "morally" deprecated in the Alignment API for long,
it is now (4.4) not used anymore and marked deprecated.
By default and for means of communication, parameter names and values
are Strings (even if their type is Object).
A note about unchecked warnings
java.util.Properties is declared as hashtable