Merger

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMerger, ComponentsXmlMerger, PlexusXmlMerger
```
public interface Merger
```
Author:

Rahul Thakur

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static java.lang.String ROLE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`org.jdom2.Document`	`merge(org.jdom2.Document dDocument, org.jdom2.Document rDocument)`	Merge with the recessive document.
`void`	`mergeDescriptors(java.io.File outputDescriptor, java.util.List<java.io.File> descriptors)`
`void`	`writeMergedDocument(org.jdom2.Document mergedDocument, java.io.File file)`	Allows writing out a merged JDom Document to the specified file.

- Field Detail
  - ROLE
```
static final java.lang.String ROLE
```
- Method Detail
  - merge
```
org.jdom2.Document merge(org.jdom2.Document dDocument,
                         org.jdom2.Document rDocument)
                  throws MergeException
```
    Merge with the recessive document.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dDocument - the dominant document.
    
    rDocument - the recessive document.
    
    Returns:
    
    the merged Document instance.
    
    Throws:
    
    MergeException - if there was an error in merge.
  - writeMergedDocument
```
void writeMergedDocument(org.jdom2.Document mergedDocument,
                         java.io.File file)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Allows writing out a merged JDom Document to the specified file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    mergedDocument - the merged Document instance.
    
    file - File to write the merged contents to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there was an error while writing merged contents to the specified file.
  - mergeDescriptors
```
void mergeDescriptors(java.io.File outputDescriptor,
                      java.util.List<java.io.File> descriptors)
               throws java.io.IOException
```
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException