Branch (Nessie - Model 0.21.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Base, Reference, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ImmutableBranch
```
@Immutable
public interface Branch
extends Reference
```
API representation of a Nessie Branch. This object is akin to a Ref in Git terminology.

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.projectnessie.model.Reference
  Reference.ReferenceType

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ImmutableBranch.Builder`	`builder()`
`default void`	`checkName()`	Validation rule using `Validation.validateReferenceName(String)`.
`String`	`getHash()`	backend system id.
`default Reference.ReferenceType`	`getType()`
`static Branch`	`of(String name, String hash)`

Methods inherited from interface org.projectnessie.model.Reference
checkHash, getMetadata, getName

- Method Detail
  - getHash
```
@Nullable
String getHash()
```
    Description copied from interface: Reference
    
    backend system id. Usually the 32-byte hash of the commit this reference points to.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getHash in interface Reference
  - checkName
```
@Check
default void checkName()
```
    Validation rule using Validation.validateReferenceName(String).
  - getType
```
default Reference.ReferenceType getType()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getType in interface Reference
  - builder
```
static ImmutableBranch.Builder builder()
```
  - of
```
static Branch of(String name,
                 @Nullable
                 String hash)
```