public function getConnectionHandlersAsArray()
    {

        // initialize the array for the connection handlers
        $connectionHandlers = array();

        // iterate over the connection handler nodes and sort them into an array
        /** @var \AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Api\Node\ConnectionHandlerNode $connectionHandler */
        foreach ($this->getConnectionHandlers() as $connectionHandler) {
            $connectionHandlers[$connectionHandler->getUuid()] = $connectionHandler->getType();
        }

        // return the array
        return $connectionHandlers;
    }