def importHelper(self, struct):
        m = StrStrHashMap()
        keysAndValues = struct.get(self.__field)
        for i in range(0, len(keysAndValues), 2):
            m[keysAndValues[i]] = keysAndValues[i+1]
        return m
def getProvides(self):
		"""Fetch a spec file from pkgdb and get provides from all its [sub]packages"""
		if self.sp_obj == None:
			return {}

		return self.sp_obj.getProvides()