toProperties 
  Converts this Map to a Properties object.
Since Kotlin
1.0Samples
import kotlin.test.*
import java.util.*
fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   val map = mapOf("x" to "value A", "y" to "value B")
val props = map.toProperties()
println(props.getProperty("x")) // value A
println(props.getProperty("y", "fail")) // value B
println(props.getProperty("z", "fail")) // fail 
   //sampleEnd
}