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#ifndef ALICEO2_MERGERS_H

#define ALICEO2_MERGERS_H

/// \file MergerAlgorithm.h

/// \brief Algorithms for merging objects.

///

/// \author Piotr Konopka, piotr.jan.konopka@cern.ch

#include "ObjectStore.h"

class TObject;

namespace o2::mergers::algorithm

{

/// \brief A function which merges TObjects

void merge(TObject* const target, TObject* const other);

/// \brief A function which merges two vectors of TObjects

///

/// Iterates through others vector and searches for the object with the same name in targets vector.

/// If such item exists it is merged into the target object. If not than the item is pushed to the end

/// of targets vector.

void merge(VectorOfTObjectPtrs& targets, const VectorOfTObjectPtrs& others);

void deleteTCollections(TObject* obj);

} // namespace o2::mergers::algorithm

#endif // ALICEO2_MERGERS_H