private SettingsUtilsV4() {
        // don't allow construction.
    }

    /**
     * @param dominant
     * @param recessive
     */
    public static Settings merge(Settings dominant, Settings recessive) {
        return new SettingsMerger().merge(dominant, recessive, true, Collections.emptyMap());
    }

    /**
     * @param modelProfile
     * @return a profile
     */

      this.mergeFunction = mergeFunction;
    }

    void put(K key, V value) {
      if (map == null) {
        map = new EnumMap<>(singletonMap(key, value));
      } else {
        map.merge(key, value, mergeFunction);
      }
    }

    EnumMapAccumulator<K, V> combine(EnumMapAccumulator<K, V> other) {
      if (this.map == null) {
        return other;
      } else if (other.map == null) {

        for (ArtifactRepositoryPolicy policy : policies) {
            if (effectivePolicy == null) {
                effectivePolicy = new ArtifactRepositoryPolicy(policy);
            } else {
                effectivePolicy.merge(policy);
            }
        }

        return effectivePolicy;
    }

    public Mirror getMirror(ArtifactRepository repository, List<Mirror> mirrors) {

   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated Unsupported operation.
   */
  @Deprecated
  @Override
  @DoNotCall("Always throws UnsupportedOperationException")
  public final void merge(
      Range<K> range,
      @CheckForNull V value,
      BiFunction<? super V, ? super @Nullable V, ? extends @Nullable V> remappingFunction) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  @Override

                XmlNode parameterDefaults = defaultConfiguration.getChild(parameter.getName());

                if (parameterConfiguration != null) {
                    parameterConfiguration = parameterConfiguration.merge(parameterDefaults, Boolean.TRUE);
                } else {
                    parameterConfiguration = parameterDefaults;
                }

                if (parameterConfiguration != null) {

import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * Test suite for {@link CacheBuilder}. TODO(cpovirk): merge into CacheBuilderTest?
 *
 * @author Jon Donovan
 */
@GwtCompatible
public class CacheBuilderGwtTest extends TestCase {

  private FakeTicker fakeTicker;

  @Override

                        .processPlugins(false)
                        .twoPhaseBuilding(false)
                        .source(ModelSource.fromPath(pomArtifact.getPath(), gav))
                        // This merge is on purpose because otherwise user properties would override model
                        // properties in dependencies the user does not know. See MNG-7563 for details.

        if (metadataMap == null) {
            metadataMap = new HashMap<>();
        }

        ArtifactMetadata m = metadataMap.get(metadata.getKey());
        if (m != null) {
            m.merge(metadata);
        } else {
            metadataMap.put(metadata.getKey(), metadata);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Collection<ArtifactMetadata> getMetadataList() {

                previousMetadata.put(remoteRepository, metadata);
            }

            if (repoMetadata.getMetadata() != null) {
                setRepository = repoMetadata.getMetadata().merge(metadata);
            } else {
                repoMetadata.setMetadata(metadata);
                setRepository = true;
            }
        }
        return setRepository;
    }

    /*

import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * Test suite for {@link CacheBuilder}. TODO(cpovirk): merge into CacheBuilderTest?
 *
 * @author Jon Donovan
 */
@GwtCompatible
public class CacheBuilderGwtTest extends TestCase {

  private FakeTicker fakeTicker;

  @Override