ItemMergingService (Broadleaf Cart Operation Services 1.7.2-SNAPSHOT API)

Type Parameters:

C - the type of the container that holds <I> items

I - the type of the items to merge

All Known Subinterfaces:

CartItemMergingService<I>, ItemListItemMergingService<I>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractItemMergingService, DefaultCartItemMergingService, DefaultItemListItemMergingService
```
public interface ItemMergingService<C,I>
```
Service for handling merges of similar items within some container.

Author:

Jacob Mitash

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<MergeItemPair<I>>`	`mergeItems(C container, List<I> items, com.broadleafcommerce.data.tracking.core.context.ContextInfo context)`	Determines and prepares item merges between items being added/modified and the items of the container.

- Method Detail
  - mergeItems
```
List<MergeItemPair<I>> mergeItems(C container,
                                  List<I> items,
                                  @Nullable
                                  com.broadleafcommerce.data.tracking.core.context.ContextInfo context)
```
    Determines and prepares item merges between items being added/modified and the items of the container.
    
    Parameters:
    
    container - the container that holds the items that will be merged.
    
    items - the items that have been changed or are being added to consider for merging
    
    context - the context of the request
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of matched item pairs that describe what changes should take place in order for the merge to occur