def get_properties_keys(self, component = None):
        component_properties = []
        if component == None:
            component_properties = self._properties.items()
        else:
            component_properties = self.get_property(component)
        result = self.process_key_list(key_items = component_properties, key_name = "Property", return_type = "key" key_value = "Value")
        return result

    def get_metrics_keys(self):
        result = self.process_key_list(key_items = self._metrics.items(), key_name = "Metric", key_value = "Data", return_type = "key")
        return result

    def get_properties_strings(self, return_simple = True):
        result = self.process_key_list(key_items = self._properties.items(), key_name = "Property", return_type = "string", return_simple = return_simple)
        return result

    def get_metrics_strings(self, return_simple = True):
        result = self.process_key_list(key_items = self._metrics.items(), key_name = "Metric", return_type = "string", return_simple = return_simple)
        return result

    def process_key_list(self, key_items: str, key_name: str, return_type: str, key_value = "none"):
        result = []
        empty_value = ["", "null", None, []]
        for name, values in key_items:
            for value in (values if isinstance(values, list) else [values]):
                if value not in empty_value and name not in self.virt_ignore: 
                    this_key_string = f"{name}: {value}"
                    if return_simple:
                        result.append(this_key_string)
                    elif return_keys:
                        this_key_value = {
                            "Source": self.name,
                            key_name: name,
                            key_value: value
                        }  
                        result.append(this_key_value)
                    else:
                        complex_key_string = {
                            "Source": self.name,
                            key_name: this_key_string
                        }  
                        result.append(complex_key_string)

        return result