}

        return new InputLocation(-1, -1, InputSource.merge(source.getSource(), target.getSource()), locations);
    } // -- InputLocation merge( InputLocation, InputLocation, boolean )

    /**
     * Merges the {@code source} location into the {@code target} location.
     * This method is used when the locations refer to lists and also merges the indices.
     *
     * @param target the target location

@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface ProfileInjector {

    /**
     * Merges values from the specified profile into the given model. Implementations are expected to keep the profile
     * and model completely decoupled by injecting deep copies rather than the original objects from the profile.
     *
     * @param model The model into which to merge the values defined by the profile, must not be <code>null</code>.

 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface ModelNormalizer {

    /**
     * Merges duplicate elements like multiple declarations of the same build plugin in the specified model.
     *
     * @param model The model whose duplicate elements should be merged, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.

    /**
     * Merges the specified source object into the given target object.
     *
     * @param target The target object whose existing contents should be merged with the source, must not be
     *            <code>null</code>.
     * @param source The (read-only) source object that should be merged into the target object, may be
     *            <code>null</code>.

 *
 * @deprecated use {@link org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilder} instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface PluginConfigurationExpander {

    /**
     * Merges values from general build plugin configuration into the individual plugin executions of the given model.
     *
     * @param model The model whose build plugin configuration should be expanded, must not be <code>null</code>.

 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface DependencyManagementInjector {

    /**
     * Merges default values from the dependency management section of the given model into itself.
     *
     * @param model The model into which to merge the values specified by its dependency management sections, must not
     *            be <code>null</code>.

 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface PluginManagementInjector {

    /**
     * Merges default values from the plugin management section of the given model into itself.
     *
     * @param model The model into which to merge the values specified by its plugin management section, must not be
     *            <code>null</code>.

 *
 * @deprecated use {@link org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilder} instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface ReportConfigurationExpander {

    /**
     * Merges values from general report plugin configuration into the individual reports sets of the given model.
     *
     * @param model The model whose report plugin configuration should be expanded, must not be <code>null</code>.

public interface InheritanceAssembler {

    /**
     * Merges values from the specified parent model into the given child model. Implementations are expected to keep
     * parent and child completely decoupled by injecting deep copies of objects into the child rather than the original
     * objects from the parent.
     *
     * @param child The child model into which to merge the values inherited from the parent, must not be

   * merge does not affect its value. For example, if {@code rangeMap} had one entry {@code [1, 5]
   * => 3} then {@code rangeMap.merge(Range.closed(0,2), 3, Math::max)} could yield a map with the
   * entries {@code [0, 1) => 3, [1, 2] => 3, (2, 5] => 3}.
   *
   * @since 28.1
   */
  void merge(
      Range<K> range,
      @CheckForNull V value,