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public
interface
Mergeable
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Class Overview
Interface representing an object whose value set can be merged with that of a parent object.
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Is merging enabled for this particular instance?
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Merge the current value set with that of the supplied object.
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Public Methods
public abstract boolean isMergeEnabled ()
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Is merging enabled for this particular instance?
public abstract Object merge (Object parent)
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Merge the current value set with that of the supplied object.
The supplied object is considered the parent, and values in the callee's value set must override those of the supplied object.
Parameters
| parent | the object to merge with |
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Returns
- the result of the merge operation
Throws
| IllegalArgumentException | if the supplied parent is null |
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| IllegalStateException | if merging is not enabled for this instance
(i.e. mergeEnabled equals false).
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