static GlobalMetaData mergeInto( FileMetaData toMerge, GlobalMetaData mergedMetadata, boolean strict) { MessageType schema = null; Map<String, Set<String>> newKeyValues = new HashMap<String, Set<String>>(); Set<String> createdBy = new HashSet<String>(); if (mergedMetadata != null) { schema = mergedMetadata.getSchema(); newKeyValues.putAll(mergedMetadata.getKeyValueMetaData()); createdBy.addAll(mergedMetadata.getCreatedBy()); } if ((schema == null && toMerge.getSchema() != null) || (schema != null && !schema.equals(toMerge.getSchema()))) { schema = mergeInto(toMerge.getSchema(), schema, strict); } for (Entry<String, String> entry : toMerge.getKeyValueMetaData().entrySet()) { Set<String> values = newKeyValues.get(entry.getKey()); if (values == null) { values = new HashSet<String>(); newKeyValues.put(entry.getKey(), values); } values.add(entry.getValue()); } createdBy.add(toMerge.getCreatedBy()); return new GlobalMetaData(schema, newKeyValues, createdBy); }