com.alee.api.merge

Interface MergeBehavior<T extends MergeBehavior<T>>

Type Parameters:

T - merged objects type

All Superinterfaces:

Mergeable

public interface MergeBehavior<T extends MergeBehavior<T>>
extends Mergeable

Single object type merge behavior. If you want to simply indicate that your object instances can be merged implement Mergeable interface instead.

Author:

Mikle Garin

See Also:

How to use Merge, Merge, Mergeable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	merge(RecursiveMerge merge, Class type, T object, int depth) Returns object as a result of merging another object on top of this one.

Method Detail

merge

@NotNull
T merge(@NotNull
                 RecursiveMerge merge,
                 @NotNull
                 Class type,
                 @NotNull
                 T object,
                 int depth)

Returns object as a result of merging another object on top of this one.

Parameters:

merge - RecursiveMerge algorithm

type - expected resulting object Class type

object - object to merge into this one, it might also be null

depth - merge calls stack depth

Returns:

object as a result of merging another object on top of this one