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David Leangen resolved FELIX-5561.
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Resolution: Won't Fix
> Support for merging?
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> Key: FELIX-5561
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-5561
> Project: Felix
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: Converter
> Reporter: David Leangen
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> Would it be reasonable for the Converter to support a "merge" operation? Or
> is that just too far out of scope.
> Example - merging a partial map into an existing object:
> Object o2 = converter.merge( m ).into( o1 ).
> Example of "complex" chaining operation - merging two maps, and converting to
> object:
> Object o2 = converter.merge( m1 ).into( m2 ).to( Object.class );
> Just thinking hypothetically for now.
> I can imagine cases where partial updates need to be applied. For instance,
> if a "Contact" object exists, and we only want to update one or two fields,
> the Converter could assist:
> Contact updated = converter.merge( "{name:'Joe Smith', nickname:'joey'}
> ).into( contact );
> If this is too far out of scope, I'll drop it here. Otherwise, I'll play
> around with it a bit and let you know how that goes.
> wdyt?
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