| Merge the current value set with that of the supplied object.
The supplied object is considered the parent, and values in
the callee's value set must override those of the supplied object.
Parameters:
parent - the object to merge with the result of the merge operation
throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the supplied parent is null
exception:
IllegalStateException - if merging is not enabled for this instance(i.e. mergeEnabled equals false). |