<type>String</type>
        </field>
        <field xml.transient="true">
          <name>mergeId</name>
          <version>4.0.0</version>
          <description>
            FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY. This is a unique identifier assigned to each
            resource to allow Maven to merge changes to this resource that take
            place during the execution of a plugin. This field must be managed

    /**
     * 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(

        }

        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

            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());
    }

     * @return the merged node
     *
     * @deprecated use {@link XmlService#merge(XmlNode, XmlNode, Boolean)} instead
     */
    @Deprecated(since = "4.0.0", forRemoval = true)
    @Nullable
    static XmlNode merge(@Nullable XmlNode dominant, @Nullable XmlNode recessive) {
        return XmlService.merge(dominant, recessive, null);
    }

    @Nullable
    static XmlNode merge(

    void put(R row, C column, V value, BinaryOperator<V> merger) {
      MutableCell<R, C, V> oldCell = table.get(row, column);
      if (oldCell == null) {
        MutableCell<R, C, V> cell = new MutableCell<>(row, column, value);
        insertionOrder.add(cell);
        table.put(row, column, cell);
      } else {
        oldCell.merge(value, merger);
      }
    }

    /*

    void put(R row, C column, V value, BinaryOperator<V> merger) {
      MutableCell<R, C, V> oldCell = table.get(row, column);
      if (oldCell == null) {
        MutableCell<R, C, V> cell = new MutableCell<>(row, column, value);
        insertionOrder.add(cell);
        table.put(row, column, cell);
      } else {
        oldCell.merge(value, merger);
      }
    }

    /*

    public String toString() {
        if (inputs != null) {
            return inputs.stream().map(InputSource::toString).collect(Collectors.joining(", ", "merged[", "]"));
        }
        return getModelId() + " " + getLocation();
    }

    public static InputSource merge(InputSource src1, InputSource src2) {
        return new InputSource(Stream.concat(src1.sources(), src2.sources()).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
    }

        // All overwrite keys should be removed
        assertFalse(dataMap.containsKey("m.overwrite"));
        assertFalse(dataMap.containsKey("n.overwrite"));

        // m and n are updated with overwrite values, p is merged normally
        assertEquals("M1", dataMap.get("m"));
        assertEquals("N1", dataMap.get("n"));
        assertEquals("P1", dataMap.get("p"));
        assertEquals(3, dataMap.size());
    }

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