public ConfigurationMetadata getMetadata() {
		ConfigurationMetadata metadata = new ConfigurationMetadata();
		for (ItemMetadata item : this.metadataItems) {
			metadata.add(item);
		}
		if (this.previousMetadata != null) {
		    /* multi lint comment
		       // single line
		       // single line
		    */
			List<ItemMetadata> items = this.previousMetadata.getItems();
			for (ItemMetadata item : items) { // comment up to date
				// c1 c2 c3

				if (shouldBeMerged(item)) {
					// c1 c2 c3

					metadata.add(item); // still valid comment
					/* place very high stake on this call */
					calling.call(x);
				}
			}
		}
		return metadata;
}

