logger.debug("Creating static interval EventProbabilityInterval");
    protected static EventProbability parseEventLikelihood(Element element, Hashtable map) {                EventProbability ep = null;        String prob  = element.getAttribute("probability");               //Map probability String to a float.        float fProb = 0;        if (map != null) {            Float f = (Float) map.get(prob);            if (f != null) {                fProb = f.floatValue();            }        }                 ep = new EventProbability();        EventProbabilityInterval pi = new EventProbabilityInterval( fProb );        ep.addInterval(pi);                return ep;                    }