* Merges two XML nodes.
     */
    @Nullable
    public static XmlNode merge(
            @Nullable XmlNode dominant, @Nullable XmlNode recessive, @Nullable Boolean childMergeOverride) {
        return getService().doMerge(dominant, recessive, childMergeOverride);
    }

    /**
     * Reads an XML node from an input stream.
     */
    @Nonnull

		// updated.
		return nil
	}

	argVal := val
	if funcName != aggFnCount {
		// All aggregation functions, except COUNT require a
		// numeric argument.

		// Here, we diverge from Amazon S3 behavior by
		// inferring untyped values are numbers.
		if !argVal.isNumeric() {
			if i, ok := argVal.bytesToInt(); ok {
				argVal.setInt(i)
			} else if f, ok := argVal.bytesToFloat(); ok {