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+# vi: ts=4 expandtab
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2012 Yahoo! Inc.
+#
+#    Author: Joshua Harlow <harlowja@yahoo-inc.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as
+#    published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+class Merger(object):
+    def __init__(self, merger):
+        self._merger = merger
+
+    def _on_dict(self, value, merge_with):
+        if not isinstance(merge_with, (dict)):
+            return value
+        merged = dict(value)
+        for (k, v) in merge_with.items():
+            if k in merged:
+                merged[k] = self._merger.merge(merged[k], v)
+            else:
+                merged[k] = v
+        return merged