Struct MergeResolver 

pub struct MergeResolver { /* private fields */ }

Resolves a DuplicateGroup to a single canonical file using a configured MergeStrategy and LinkMode.

Two resolution paths are provided:

1. MergeResolver::resolve — reads filesystem metadata for scoring.
2. MergeResolver::resolve_from_candidates — accepts pre-built FileCandidate data (no filesystem access required).

Implementations

impl MergeResolver

pub fn new(strategy: MergeStrategy, link_mode: LinkMode) -> Self

Create a new resolver.

pub fn default_delete() -> Self

Create a resolver that deletes duplicates and keeps with KeepLargest.

pub fn strategy(&self) -> MergeStrategy

Returns the configured strategy.

pub fn link_mode(&self) -> LinkMode

Returns the configured link mode.

pub fn resolve(&self, group: &DuplicateGroup) -> PathBuf

Resolve which file to keep by reading filesystem metadata.

For each file in group.files, attempts to read its metadata (size, mtime). Files whose metadata cannot be read are assigned zero values and will lose to files with valid metadata under most strategies.

Returns the path of the file to keep. Falls back to the first file when group.files is empty.

pub fn resolve_from_candidates( &self, candidates: &[FileCandidate], ) -> Option<PathBuf>

Resolve from pre-built candidate metadata (no filesystem access).

Returns the path of the winning candidate, or None if candidates is empty.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for MergeResolver

fn clone(&self) -> MergeResolver

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for MergeResolver

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.