Package org.projectnessie.model

Interface Branch

All Superinterfaces:

Base, Reference

@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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static org.projectnessie.model.ImmutableBranch.Builder	builder()
default void	checkName()	Validation rule using Validation.validateReferenceName(String).
String	getHash()	Commit ID of the reference.
ReferenceMetadata	getMetadata()	Returns a ReferenceMetadata instance that contains additional metadata about this reference.
String	getName()	Human-readable reference name.
default Reference.ReferenceType	getType()
static Branch	of(String name, String hash)
static Branch	of(String name, String hash, ReferenceMetadata metadata)

Methods inherited from interface org.projectnessie.model.Reference

checkHash, toPathString

Method Details

getName

@Parameter(order=1)
String getName()

Description copied from interface: Reference

Human-readable reference name.

Specified by:

getName in interface Reference

getMetadata

@Nullable
@Nullable
@Parameter(order=3)
ReferenceMetadata getMetadata()

Description copied from interface: Reference

Returns a ReferenceMetadata instance that contains additional metadata about this reference. Note that this is only added by the server when explicitly requested by the client.

Specified by:

getMetadata in interface Reference

Returns:

A ReferenceMetadata instance that contains additional metadata about this reference. Note that this is only added by the server when explicitly requested by the client.

getHash

@Nullable
@Nullable
@Parameter(order=2)
String getHash()

Description copied from interface: Reference

Commit ID of the reference.

Will be an "exact" commit ID (no relative parts) when returned from a Nessie server. Might contain relative parts when used as an input to a Nessie API functionality (since Nessie spec 2.1.0).

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 org.projectnessie.model.ImmutableBranch.Builder builder()

of

static Branch of(String name,
 @Nullable @Nullable
 String hash)

of

static Branch of(String name,
 @Nullable @Nullable
 String hash,
 ReferenceMetadata metadata)