diff --git a/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApi.java b/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApi.java
index bb243eabe8d65d253ff6cbac27d19f484a2e45bc..66d88814f6daee90976300a421aea0a85d7af584 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApi.java
@@ -177,5 +177,31 @@ public class GitLabApi {
 		}
 		
 		return (response.getEntity(MergeRequest.class));
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * GET /projects/:id/repository/branches/:branch
+	 * 
+	 * @param projectId
+	 * @param branchName
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public Branch getBranch (Integer projectId, String branchName) throws IOException {
+		ClientResponse response = apiClient.get(null, "projects", projectId, "repository", "branches", branchName);
+		return (response.getEntity(Branch.class));
 	}	
+	
+	/**
+	 * GET /users/:id
+	 * 
+	 * @param userId
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public User getUser (int userId) throws IOException {
+		ClientResponse response = apiClient.get(null, "users", userId);
+		return (response.getEntity(User.class));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApiClient.java b/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApiClient.java
index dcc889510ff5dd7141081a5ce0eb35cefd554a6b..64d6992de1db1b18365f65c23dc6bb559bbfcc72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/GitLabApiClient.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class GitLabApiClient {
 		this.privateToken = privateToken;
 		
 		clientConfig = new DefaultClientConfig();
-		clientConfig.getClasses().add(JacksonJsonConfig.class);
+		clientConfig.getClasses().add(JacksonJson.class);
 		clientConfig.getFeatures().put(ClientConfig.PROPERTY_FOLLOW_REDIRECTS, Boolean.TRUE);
 		clientConfig.getFeatures().put(JSONConfiguration.FEATURE_POJO_MAPPING, Boolean.TRUE);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/JacksonJsonConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/JacksonJson.java
similarity index 54%
rename from src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/JacksonJsonConfig.java
rename to src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/JacksonJson.java
index 8a390b69886d5c9b6981454e87f6779a86c59b0b..91cdfd5656c002f610f02d943d244a2f8134e4da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/JacksonJsonConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/JacksonJson.java
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 
 package com.messners.gitlab.api;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.ContextResolver;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
 
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.PropertyNamingStrategy;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializationConfig;
@@ -14,7 +19,7 @@ import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationConfig;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonSerialize.Inclusion;
 
 /** 
- * Jackson JSON Configuration class
+ * Jackson JSON Configuration and utility class.
  *
  * @author Greg Messner <greg@messners.com>
  *
@@ -22,11 +27,11 @@ import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonSerialize.Inclusion;
 @Provider
 @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-public class JacksonJsonConfig implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper> {
+public class JacksonJson implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper> {
 		
 	private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
-    public JacksonJsonConfig () {
+    public JacksonJson () {
 
 		objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
 		objectMapper.setSerializationInclusion(Inclusion.NON_NULL);
@@ -36,14 +41,51 @@ public class JacksonJsonConfig implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper> {
 		objectMapper.configure(DeserializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
 		objectMapper.configure(DeserializationConfig.Feature.READ_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING, Boolean.TRUE);		
 	}
-	    
+	   
+    /**
+     * 
+     */
     @Override
     public ObjectMapper getContext (Class<?> objectType) {
         return (objectMapper);
     }
     
     
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
     public ObjectMapper getObjectMapper () {
     	return (objectMapper);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param returnType
+     * @param reader
+     * @return
+     * @throws JsonParseException
+     * @throws JsonMappingException
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+	public <T> T unmarshall (Class<T> returnType, Reader reader) 
+			throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {		
+		ObjectMapper objectMapper = getContext(returnType);
+		return (objectMapper.readValue(reader,  returnType));	
+	}
+		
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param returnType
+	 * @param postData
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws JsonParseException
+	 * @throws JsonMappingException
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public <T> T unmarshall (Class<T> returnType, String postData) 
+			throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {		
+		ObjectMapper objectMapper = getContext(returnType);
+		return (objectMapper.readValue(postData,  returnType));	
+	}
 }
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