PluginExecution existing = merged.get(key);
                    if (existing != null) {
                        mergePluginExecution(existing, element, sourceDominant, context);
                    } else {
                        merged.put(key, element.clone());
                    }
                }

                target.setExecutions(new ArrayList<>(merged.values()));
            }
        }

            merger.merge(model, lifecycleModel);
        }
    }

    /**
     *  The domain-specific model merger for lifecycle bindings
     */
    protected static class LifecycleBindingsMerger extends MavenModelMerger {

        private static final String PLUGIN_MANAGEMENT = "plugin-management";

        public void merge(Model target, Model source) {

                    );

            UpgradeResult merged = result1.merge(result2);

            assertTrue(merged.success(), "Merged result should be successful");
            assertEquals(2, merged.processedPoms().size(), "Should merge processed POMs");
            assertEquals(2, merged.modifiedPoms().size(), "Should merge modified POMs");
            assertTrue(merged.processedPoms().contains(pom1), "Should contain overlapping POM");

        Model source = Model.newBuilder().artifactId("SOURCE").build();

        Model merged = mavenMerger.merge(target, source, true, null);
        assertEquals(
                "SOURCE",
                merged.getArtifactId(),
                "Expected merged artifactId to be SOURCE but was " + merged.getArtifactId());

        merged = mavenMerger.merge(target, source, false, null);
        assertEquals(
                "TARGET",

                    PluginExecution existing = merged.get(key);
                    if (existing != null) {
                        mergePluginExecution(element, existing, sourceDominant, context);
                    }
                    merged.put(key, element);
                }

                target.setExecutions(new ArrayList<>(merged.values()));
            }
        }
    }

            List<ToolchainModel> dominant, List<ToolchainModel> recessive, String recessiveSourceLevel) {
        Map<Object, ToolchainModel> merged = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        for (ToolchainModel dominantModel : dominant) {
            Object key = getToolchainModelKey(dominantModel);

            merged.put(key, dominantModel);
        }

        for (ToolchainModel recessiveModel : recessive) {

            metadata.storeInLocalRepository(localRepo, localRepo);
            merged = true;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RepositoryException(e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isMerged() {
        return merged;
    }

    @Override
    public String getGroupId() {
        return emptify(metadata.getGroupId());
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to merge two XML nodes using default settings.
     */
    @Nullable
    public static XmlNode merge(XmlNode dominant, XmlNode recessive) {
        return merge(dominant, recessive, null);
    }

    /**
     * Merges two XML nodes.
     */
    @Nullable
    public static XmlNode merge(

    }

    @Override
    public void merge(File existing, File result) throws RepositoryException {
        merge(existing != null ? existing.toPath() : null, result != null ? result.toPath() : null);
    }

    @Override
    public void merge(Path existing, Path result) throws RepositoryException {
        Metadata recessive = read(existing);

        merge(recessive);

        write(result, metadata);

    /**
     * Merges an array of SuggestItem objects by combining items with the same ID.
     *
     * <p>This method iterates through the provided array of SuggestItem objects and merges
     * items that have the same ID. The merged items are added to a new list, which is then
     * converted back to an array and returned.</p>
     *