What is the mergeAssociated(array $data) function for?

[mrmt00]

cakephp-fixture-factories/src/Factory/BaseFactory.php

Lines 555 to 569 in a808936

	/**
	* @param array $data Data to merge
	* @return $this
	*/
	public function mergeAssociated(array $data)
	{
	$this->getAssociationBuilder()->setAssociated(
	array_merge(
	$this->getAssociationBuilder()->getAssociated(),
	$data
	)
	);
	return $this;
	}

[pabloelcolombiano]

There is no use of this function, it was put public in order to have it tested. But indeed we could put it in protected/private.