PropertyMergeStrategyExecutor (Apache Unomi :: Root Project 2.7.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AddPropertyMergeStrategyExecutor, DefaultPropertyMergeStrategyExecutor, MostRecentPropertyMergeStrategyExecutor, NonEmptyPropertyMergeStrategyExecutor, OldestPropertyMergeStrategyExecutor
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public interface PropertyMergeStrategyExecutor
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A strategy algorithm to merge profile properties such as "adding integers", "using oldest value", "using most recent value", "merging lists", etc...

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`mergeProperty(String propertyName, PropertyType propertyType, List<Profile> profilesToMerge, Profile targetProfile)`	Merges the value of the property identified by the specified name and type from the specified profiles into the specified target profile.

- Method Detail
  - mergeProperty
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boolean mergeProperty(String propertyName,
                      PropertyType propertyType,
                      List<Profile> profilesToMerge,
                      Profile targetProfile)
```
    Merges the value of the property identified by the specified name and type from the specified profiles into the specified target profile.
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - the name of the property to be merged
    
    propertyType - the type of the property to be merged
    
    profilesToMerge - a List of profiles to merge
    
    targetProfile - the target profile into which the specified profiles will be merged
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the target profile was successfully modified as the result of the merge, false otherwise