"wolfc" wrote : | As a counter point: the instance merge methods would be more in line with that static ones. Both having the same arguments with a static merge method returning the result and an instance merge method working on this. | | For me only the merged view is important, so I don't mind what happens to the original objects. | | What happens when we get another view / annotation view? I don't think that is counter as I'm saying merging into this is a cleaner view, so let's just do that. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4097523#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...