checkNotNull(iterators, "iterators");
    checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");

    return new MergingIterator<>(iterators, comparator);
  }

  /**
   * An iterator that performs a lazy N-way merge, calculating the next value each time the iterator
   * is polled. This amortizes the sorting cost over the iteration and requires less memory than
   * sorting all elements at once.
   *

    checkNotNull(iterators, "iterators");
    checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");

    return new MergingIterator<>(iterators, comparator);
  }

  /**
   * An iterator that performs a lazy N-way merge, calculating the next value each time the iterator
   * is polled. This amortizes the sorting cost over the iteration and requires less memory than
   * sorting all elements at once.
   *

              <!--              <exclude>org.apache.maven.model.management.DefaultPluginManagementInjector$ManagementModelMerger</exclude>-->
              <!--              <exclude>org.apache.maven.model.merge.MavenModelMerger</exclude>-->

* Fix some false negatives in detection of meaningful conflicts during strategic merge patch with maps and lists. ([#43469](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43469), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))

- Switch scheduler to generate the merge patch on pod status instead of the full pod ([#103133](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103133), [@marwanad](https://github.com/marwanad)) [SIG Scheduling]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed
- sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4: v4.0.3 → v4.1.2

### Removed
_Nothing has changed._

  VerifyFDefOutputs(fdef, M({{"test_loop_exit"}}));
  VerifyFDefEdges(fdef,
                  {{"feed1", "test_loop/Enter:0"},
                   {"test_loop/Enter:output:0", "test_loop/Merge:0"},
                   {"test_loop/Merge:output:0", "test_loop/Switch:0"},
                   {"test_loop/Switch:output_false:0", "test_loop/Exit:0"},
                   {"test_loop/Exit:output:0", "test_loop_exit"}},

      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) {

      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) {

Annotations for the Kubernetes Job customCommandJob customCommandJob: securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 fsGroup: 1000 resources: requests: memory: 128Mi # Command to run after the main command on exit exitCommand: "" ## Merge jobs postJob: podAnnotations: {} annotations: {} securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 fsGroup: 1000 nodeSelector: {} tolerations: [] affinity: {} ## Use this field to add environment variables relevant to MinIO server. These...

Annotations for the Kubernetes Job customCommandJob customCommandJob: securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 fsGroup: 1000 resources: requests: memory: 128Mi # Command to run after the main command on exit exitCommand: "" ## Merge jobs postJob: podAnnotations: {} annotations: {} securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 fsGroup: 1000 nodeSelector: {} tolerations: [] affinity: {} ## Use this field to add environment variables relevant to MinIO server. These...