# File lib/ruote-amqp/participant.rb, line 121
    def initialize(options)

      RuoteAMQP.start!

      @options = {
        'queue' => nil,
        'forget' => false,
      }.merge(options.inject({}) { |h, (k, v)|
        h[k.to_s] = v; h
      })
        #
        # the inject is here to make sure that all options have String keys
    end