Namespace (Nessie - Model 0.17.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.projectnessie.model.Namespace

Direct Known Subclasses:

ImmutableNamespace
```
@Immutable
public abstract class Namespace
extends Object
```
For a given table name a.b.c.tableName, the Namespace would be the prefix a.b.c, since the last element tableName always represents the name of the actual table and is not included in the Namespace itself. Therefore, the Namespace is always consisting of the first N-1 elements.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static Namespace EMPTY

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Namespace()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`getElements()`
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`
`abstract @NotNull String`	`name()`
`static Namespace`	`of(String... elements)`	Builds a `Namespace` instance for the given elements.
`static Namespace`	`of(List<String> elements)`	Builds a `Namespace` instance for the given elements.
`static Namespace`	`parse(String identifier)`	Builds a `Namespace` instance for the given elements split by the . (dot) character.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - EMPTY
```
public static final Namespace EMPTY
```
- Constructor Detail
  - Namespace
```
public Namespace()
```
- Method Detail
  - name
```
@NotNull
public abstract @NotNull String name()
```
  - isEmpty
```
@Redacted
public boolean isEmpty()
```
  - getElements
```
@Redacted
public String[] getElements()
```
  - of
```
public static Namespace of(String... elements)
```
    Builds a Namespace instance for the given elements.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elements - The elements to build the namespace from.
    
    Returns:
    
    The constructed Namespace instance. If elements is empty, then name() will be an empty string.
  - of
```
public static Namespace of(List<String> elements)
```
    Builds a Namespace instance for the given elements.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elements - The elements to build the namespace from.
    
    Returns:
    
    The constructed Namespace instance. If elements is empty, then name() will be an empty string.
  - parse
```
public static Namespace parse(String identifier)
```
    Builds a Namespace instance for the given elements split by the . (dot) character.
    
    Parameters:
    
    identifier - The identifier to build the namespace from.
    
    Returns:
    
    Splits the given identifier by . and returns a Namespace instance. If identifier is empty, then name() will be an empty string.