*
   * <p>The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
   * of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
   * <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#comparators">{@code
   * Comparators}</a>.
   *

        // phase 1
        DefaultModelBuilderResult result = new DefaultModelBuilderResult();

        DefaultModelProblemCollector problems = new DefaultModelProblemCollector(result);

        // read and validate raw model
        Model fileModel = readFileModel(request, problems);
        result.setFileModel(fileModel);

        Model activatedFileModel = activateFileModel(fileModel, request, result, problems);

        Metadata recessive = read(existing);

        merge(recessive);

        write(result, metadata);

        merged = true;
    }

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

    protected abstract void merge(Metadata recessive);

    static Metadata read(Path metadataPath) throws RepositoryException {

   * @since 31.0
   */
  @SafeVarargs
  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> ofEntries(Entry<? extends K, ? extends V>... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we will only ever read these
    Entry<K, V>[] entries2 = (Entry<K, V>[]) entries;
    return copyOf(Arrays.asList(entries2));
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder. The generated builder is equivalent to the builder created by the {@link

    return CollectCollectors.toMultiset(elementFunction, countFunction, multisetSupplier);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified multiset. Query operations on the returned
   * multiset "read through" to the specified multiset, and attempts to modify the returned multiset
   * result in an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
   *

    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified navigable set. This method allows modules to
   * provide users with "read-only" access to internal navigable sets. Query operations on the
   * returned set "read through" to the specified set, and attempts to modify the returned set,
   * whether direct or via its collection views, result in an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
   *

   *
   * <p>The multimap is not threadsafe when any concurrent operations update the multimap, even if
   * {@code map} and the instances generated by {@code factory} are. Concurrent read operations will
   * work correctly. To allow concurrent update operations, wrap the multimap with a call to {@link
   * #synchronizedMultimap}.
   *

   * Example usage:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Color red = new Color("red", 255, 0, 0);
   * ...
   * ImmutableSet<Color> allColors = ImmutableSet.of(red, green, blue);
   *
   * ImmutableMap<String, Color> colorForName =
   *     uniqueIndex(allColors, c -> c.toString());
   * assertThat(colorForName).containsEntry("red", red);
   * }</pre>
   *

   * @since 31.0
   */
  @SafeVarargs
  public static <K, V> ImmutableMap<K, V> ofEntries(Entry<? extends K, ? extends V>... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we will only ever read these
    Entry<K, V>[] entries2 = (Entry<K, V>[]) entries;
    return copyOf(Arrays.asList(entries2));
  }

  /**
   * Verifies that {@code key} and {@code value} are non-null, and returns a new immutable entry

            //
            // We need an executor that will not block.
            // We can't use work stealing, as we are building a graph
            // and this could lead to cycles where a thread waits for
            // a task to finish, then execute another one which waits
            // for the initial task...
            // In order to work around that problem, we override the