code: public Collection getMergedExcludes() {
        Collection exclusions = new HashSet();
        for( int i = 0; i < excludes.length; i++ ) {
           String exclusion = excludes[i];
           if( !StringUtils.isBlank( excludes[i] ) ) {
              exclusions.add( exclusion.trim() );
           }
        }
  
        if( !ignoreDefaultExcludes ) {
           for( int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_EXCLUDES.length; i++ ) {
              if( !exclusions.contains( DEFAULT_EXCLUDES[i] ) ) {
                 exclusions.add( DEFAULT_EXCLUDES[i] );
              }
           }
        }
  
        return exclusions;
     }
docs: Returns a set of default excludes with user-defined excludes.<br>
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