MergeStrategy (Codehaus Cargo 1.10.13 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChoiceMergeStrategy, ChooseByNameMergeStrategy, NodeMergeStrategy
```
public interface MergeStrategy
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`inBoth(Descriptor target, DescriptorElement left, DescriptorElement right)`	Process when the element appears in both descriptors.
`int`	`inLeft(Descriptor target, DescriptorElement left)`	Process when the element appears just in the left descriptor.
`int`	`inRight(Descriptor target, DescriptorElement right)`	Process when the element appears just in the right descriptor.

- Method Detail
  - inBoth
```
int inBoth(Descriptor target,
           DescriptorElement left,
           DescriptorElement right)
```
    Process when the element appears in both descriptors.
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - output descriptor
    
    left - left element
    
    right - right element
    
    Returns:
    
    count of merged elements
  - inLeft
```
int inLeft(Descriptor target,
           DescriptorElement left)
```
    Process when the element appears just in the left descriptor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - output descriptor
    
    left - left element
    
    Returns:
    
    count of merged elements
  - inRight
```
int inRight(Descriptor target,
            DescriptorElement right)
```
    Process when the element appears just in the right descriptor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - output descriptor
    
    right - right element
    
    Returns:
    
    count of merged elements