selector, err := p.GetParsedObjectSelector()
	if err != nil {
		return false, apierrors.NewInternalError(err)
	}
	if selector.Empty() {
		return true, nil
	}
	return matchObject(attr.GetObject(), selector) || matchObject(attr.GetOldObject(), selector), nil

	smpResult, err := gc.patchObject(item.identity, smp, types.StrategicMergePatchType)
	if err == nil {
		return smpResult, nil
	}
	if !errors.IsUnsupportedMediaType(err) {
		return nil, err
	}
	// StrategicMergePatch is not supported, use JSON merge patch instead
	patch, err := jmp(item)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return gc.patchObject(item.identity, patch, types.MergePatchType)
}

		return nil, namespacedOwnerOfClusterScopedObjectErr
	}
	return gc.metadataClient.Resource(resource).Namespace(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), item.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
}

func (gc *GarbageCollector) patchObject(item objectReference, patch []byte, pt types.PatchType) (*metav1.PartialObjectMetadata, error) {
	resource, namespaced, err := gc.apiResource(item.APIVersion, item.Kind)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}