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1   package org.apache.maven.model.inheritance;
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21  
22  import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
23  import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
24  import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;
25  
26  /**
27   * Handles inheritance of model values.
28   * 
29   * @author Benjamin Bentmann
30   */
31  public interface InheritanceAssembler
32  {
33  
34      /**
35       * Merges values from the specified parent model into the given child model. Implementations are expected to keep
36       * parent and child completely decoupled by injecting deep copies of objects into the child rather than the original
37       * objects from the parent.
38       * 
39       * @param child The child model into which to merge the values inherited from the parent, must not be
40       *            <code>null</code>.
41       * @param parent The (read-only) parent model from which to inherit the values, may be <code>null</code>.
42       * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
43       * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}.
44       */
45      void assembleModelInheritance( Model child, Model parent, ModelBuildingRequest request,
46                                     ModelProblemCollector problems );
47  
48  }