code: public List<T> resolveConflicts(List<T> values) {
          if(values.size() > 1)
              return values;
          else
              return Collections.singletonList(values.get(0));
      }
docs: Arbitrarily resolve the inconsistency by choosing the first object if
  there is one.
  
  @param values The list of objects
  @return A single value, if one exists, taken from the input list.