public function getContainersAsArray()
    {

        // initialize the array for the containers
        $containers = array();

        // iterate over all found containers and assemble the array
        /** @var \AppserverIo\Psr\ApplicationServer\Configuration\ContainerConfigurationInterface $container */
        foreach ($this->getContainers() as $container) {
            $containers[$container->getName()] = $container;
        }

        // return the array with the containers
        return $containers;
    }