+ * TODO: combine two versions of the same collection object to resolve
+ * asynchronous updates to the same vamsas object Merges two vamsas objects,
+ * one of which is a later version of the earlier (ie they have the same
+ * vorbaId but one is a later version recently read from the vamsasDocument
+ * collection.
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ protected boolean merge(object laterCopy) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ /**