diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/GxUserType.java b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/GxUserType.java
index e3a991116..a54218871 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/GxUserType.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/GxUserType.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.genexus;
 
 import com.genexus.xml.GXXMLSerializable;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import json.org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public abstract class GxUserType extends GXXMLSerializable implements Cloneable, java.io.Serializable, IGXAssigned
 {
+	private static Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(GxUserType.class);
 
 	public GxUserType(ModelContext context, String type)
 	{
@@ -28,4 +32,22 @@ public boolean getIsAssigned() {
 	public void setIsAssigned(boolean bAssigned) {
 		bIsAssigned = bAssigned;
 	}
+
+	protected Object getJsonObjectFromHashMap( Object userType) {
+		JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject();
+		try {
+			if (userType instanceof HashMap)
+				jsonObj = new json.org.json.JSONObject((HashMap)userType);
+		}
+		catch(Exception e) {
+			log.error("Could not create Json Object", e);
+		}
+		return jsonObj;
+	}
+
+	protected void setHashMapFromJson(String json) {
+		fromjson(json);
+	}
+
+	protected void fromjson(String json){}
 }
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/util/GXHashMap.java b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/util/GXHashMap.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b44ccfa49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/util/GXHashMap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.genexus.util;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+public class GXHashMap<K, V> extends HashMap<K, V> {
+	private static Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(GXHashMap.class);
+	private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+	public void setHashMap(GXHashMap<K, V> hashMap) {
+		putAll(hashMap);
+	}
+
+	public boolean get(K key, V[] value) {
+		if (containsKey(key)) {
+			value[0] = get(key);
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public boolean removeKey(K key) {
+		if (containsKey(key)) {
+			if (remove(key) != null)
+				return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public void removeKeys(Vector<K> keys) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+			removeKey(keys.get(i));
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void removeAll(GXHashMap<K, V> hashMap) {
+		for (Map.Entry<K, V> entry : hashMap.entrySet()) {
+			removeKey(entry.getKey());
+		}
+	}
+
+	public String toJson() {
+		try {
+			return objectMapper.writeValueAsString(this);
+		}
+		catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+			log.error("Could not obtain json form Dictionary", e);
+			return "";
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void fromJson(String json) {
+		Type type = new ParameterizedType() {
+			@Override
+			public Type[] getActualTypeArguments() {
+				return ((ParameterizedType) getClass().getEnclosingClass().getGenericSuperclass()).getActualTypeArguments();
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public Type getRawType() {
+				return HashMap.class;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public Type getOwnerType() {
+				return null;
+			}
+		};
+
+		try {
+			this.clear();
+			this.putAll(objectMapper.readValue(json, objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructType(type)));
+		}
+		catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+			log.error("Could not set Dictionary from json", e);
+		}
+	}
+}