Extended Properties to batch updates. This is really a salvage

from an aborted attempt to make basic attributes 
(creator, modifier, owner, modtime etc.) plain Properties.  This resulted
in a 30% performance hit.


git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/BRANCHES/WCM-DEV2/root@3362 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261

source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMNode.java

@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ public interface AVMNode
      */
     public void setProperty(QName name, PropertyValue value);
     
+    /**
+     * Set a collection of properties on this node.
+     * @param properties The Map of QNames to PropertyValues.
+     */
+    public void setProperties(Map<QName, PropertyValue> properties);
+    
     /**
      * Get a property by name.
      * @param name The name of the property to get.