// replaces?
        AbstractRepositoryMetadata repoMetadata = (AbstractRepositoryMetadata) metadata;
        this.metadata.merge(repoMetadata.getMetadata());
    }

    public void merge(ArtifactMetadata metadata) {
        // TODO not sure that it should assume this, maybe the calls to addMetadata should pre-merge, then artifact

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * A map entry which forwards all its method calls to another map entry. Subclasses should override
 * one or more methods to modify the behavior of the backing map entry as desired per the <a
 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorator_pattern">decorator pattern</a>.
 *

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * A map entry which forwards all its method calls to another map entry. Subclasses should override
 * one or more methods to modify the behavior of the backing map entry as desired per the <a
 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorator_pattern">decorator pattern</a>.
 *