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**[Stefan Reichert](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=stefanreichert)** commented forgot to say: I'd provide a patch in case the behaviour does not reflect the intended PUT / PATCH semantics for inline collections

**[Stefan Reichert](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=stefanreichert)** commented please see pull request for DomainObjectReader fix for merging polymorphic persistent nested collections on PUT: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-rest/pull/262

**[Joseph Valerio](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=jvalerio)** commented Is there any progress on this issue? Note: relates to [DATAREST-1015](https://jira.spring.io/browse/DATAREST-1015)

**[Oliver Drotbohm](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=olivergierke)** commented In comparison to what has been proposed a solution in the pull request, wouldn't it be easier to identify the case where a collection item is going...

**[Joseph Valerio](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=jvalerio)** commented To your point about inheritance hierarchies, couldn't SDR provide an annotation to optionally skip the merging, to allow developers the control we need? In our case this...

**[Stefan Reichert](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=stefanreichert)** commented Regarding identification of 'matches' when merging nested elements in a collection, what would be the matching rule? Since nested elements usually do not contain their id it...

**[Nick Ryan](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mipmapman)** commented Hello, If understand correctly the comments on this ticket are relating to my original 2nd question: i.e. how to behave in the case of doing a merge...

**[Nick Ryan](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mipmapman)** commented Hello, not sure if "Provide Feedback for Developer" is the right thing to do.. Just wanted to point out that the ticket was updated with my comments,...

**[Stefan Reichert](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=stefanreichert)** commented This issue came up again and I re-submitted a [pull request](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-rest/pull/368). The PR does not change the current behaviour for homogeneous collections but sticks to the "merge...

**[Stefan Reichert](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=stefanreichert)** commented Hey [Oliver Drotbohm](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=olivergierke), I am aware of this issue's "maturity" :). Nevertheless any comment (positive or negative) is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance and best from Hamburg