MergeAs (business-specs 4.3.1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the merged item.
```
public interface MergeAs<T>
```
Terminal operation of the FluentAssembler DSL, allowing to choose the result of merging a DTO into multiple aggregates (stream, list, set, array, ...).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T[]`	`asArray()`	Merge as an array of items.
`<C extends Collection<T>> C`	`asCollection(Supplier<C> collectionSupplier)`	Merge as a collection of items.
`List<T>`	`asList()`	Merge as a list of items.
`Set<T>`	`asSet()`	Merge as a set of items.
`Slice<T>`	`asSlice()`	Merge as a slice of items.
`Stream<T>`	`asStream()`	Merge as a stream of items.

- Method Detail
  - asStream
```
Stream<T> asStream()
```
    Merge as a stream of items.
    
    Returns:
    
    the stream.
  - asCollection
```
<C extends Collection<T>> C asCollection(Supplier<C> collectionSupplier)
```
    Merge as a collection of items.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    C - the type of the collection of items.
    
    Parameters:
    
    collectionSupplier - the provider of a (preferably empty) collection.
    
    Returns:
    
    the collection.
  - asList
```
List<T> asList()
```
    Merge as a list of items.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list.
  - asSet
```
Set<T> asSet()
```
    Merge as a set of items.
    
    Returns:
    
    the set.
  - asSlice
```
Slice<T> asSlice()
```
    Merge as a slice of items.
    
    Returns:
    
    the slice.
  - asArray
```
T[] asArray()
```
    Merge as an array of items.
    
    Returns:
    
    the array.