texts, metadatas = [], []
        for doc in documents:
            texts.append(doc.page_content)
            metadatas.append(doc.metadata)
        return self.create_documents(texts, metadatas=metadatas)
    def _join_docs(self, docs: List[str], separator: str) -> Optional[str]:
        text = separator.join(docs)
        if self._strip_whitespace:
            text = text.strip()
        if text == "":
            return None
        else:
            return text
    def _merge_splits(self, splits: Iterable[str], separator: str) -> List[str]:
        # We now want to combine these smaller pieces into medium size
        # chunks to send to the LLM.
        separator_len = self._length_function(separator)
        docs = []
        current_doc: List[str] = []
        total = 0
        for d in splits:
            _len = self._length_function(d)
            if (
                total + _len + (separator_len if len(current_doc) > 0 else 0)
                > self._chunk_size
            ):
                if total > self._chunk_size:
                    logger.warning(
                        f"Created a chunk of size {total}, "
                        f"which is longer than the specified {self._chunk_size}"
                    )
                if len(current_doc) > 0:
                    doc = self._join_docs(current_doc, separator)
                    if doc is not None:
                        docs.append(doc)
                    # Keep on popping if:
                    # - we have a larger chunk than in the chunk overlap
                    # - or if we still have any chunks and the length is long
                    while total > self._chunk_overlap or (