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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.composite;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Node;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginManager;

Merges two configurations together
/**
 * Merges two configurations together
 */
public interface MergeStrategy {

    
Merge the root node properties into the configuration.
Params:
rootNode – The composite root node.
configuration – The configuration to merge./**
     * Merge the root node properties into the configuration.
     * @param rootNode The composite root node.
     * @param configuration The configuration to merge.
     */
    void mergeRootProperties(Node rootNode, AbstractConfiguration configuration);

    
Merge the soure node tree into the target node tree.
Params:
target – The target Node tree.
source – The source Node tree./**
     * Merge the soure node tree into the target node tree.
     * @param target The target Node tree.
     * @param source The source Node tree.
     */
    void mergConfigurations(Node target, Node source, PluginManager pluginManager);
}