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package org.openrdf.repository.object.traits;
import org.openrdf.repository.RepositoryException;
/**
* Implemented by all behaviours that can be merged into an Object outside of
* the managed entities.
*
* @author James Leigh
*
*/
public interface Mergeable {
/**
* Initialises the values of this instance with none-null values of the
* source Object.
*
* @param source
*/
public abstract void merge(Object source) throws RepositoryException;
}