title: How do I convert a Java Hashtable to an NSDictionary (obj-C)?
body: <p>At the server end (GAE), I've got a java Hashtable.</p>
  
  <p>At the client end (iPhone), I'm trying to create an NSDictionary.</p>
  
  <p>myHashTable.toString() gets me something that looks darned-close-to-but-not-quite-the-same-as [myDictionary description].  If they were the same, I could write the string to a file and do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:tmpFile];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I <em>could</em> write a little parser in obj-C to deal with myHashtable.toString(), but I'm sort-of hoping that there's a shortcut already built into something, somewhere -- I just can't seem to find it.</p>
  
  <p>(So, being a geek, I'll spend <strong>far</strong> longer searching the web for a shortcut than it would take me to write &amp; debug the parser...  ;)</p>
  
  <p>Anyway -- hints?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>