# VaultWhitelistAdmin

**Inherits:** AccessControlInternal

Handles administrative functions for the whitelist module.

## Functions

### setMerkleRoot

Sets the Merkle root for the whitelist.

*Only the owner (admin) can call this function.*

```solidity
function setMerkleRoot(bytes32 _merkleRoot) external onlyRole(AccessControlStorage.DEFAULT_ADMIN_ROLE);
```

**Parameters**

| Name          | Type      | Description          |
| ------------- | --------- | -------------------- |
| `_merkleRoot` | `bytes32` | The new Merkle root. |

### \_setMerkleRoot

```solidity
function _setMerkleRoot(bytes32 _merkleRoot) internal;
```

## Events

### MerkleRootSet

```solidity
event MerkleRootSet(bytes32 oldMerkleRoot, bytes32 newMerkleRoot);
```


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