adutra commented on code in PR #8857:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8857#discussion_r1365252557


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nessie/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/nessie/NessieIcebergClient.java:
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@@ -181,23 +182,83 @@ public IcebergTable table(TableIdentifier 
tableIdentifier) {
   }
 
   public void createNamespace(Namespace namespace, Map<String, String> 
metadata) {
+    getRef().checkMutable();
+
+    if (namespace.isEmpty()) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Creating empty namespaces is not 
supported");
+    }
+
+    ContentKey key = ContentKey.of(namespace.levels());
+    org.projectnessie.model.Namespace content =
+        org.projectnessie.model.Namespace.of(key.getElements(), metadata);
+
     try {
-      getRef().checkMutable();
-      withReference(
-              getApi()
-                  .createNamespace()
-                  
.namespace(org.projectnessie.model.Namespace.of(namespace.levels()))
-                  .properties(metadata))
-          .create();
-      refresh();
-    } catch (NessieNamespaceAlreadyExistsException e) {
-      throw new AlreadyExistsException(e, "Namespace already exists: %s", 
namespace);
+
+      // First, check that the namespace doesn't exist at the current hash;
+      // this will avoid a NessieBadRequestException when committing the 
namespace creation
+      Reference ref = getReference();
+      Map<ContentKey, Content> contentMap = 
api.getContent().reference(ref).key(key).get();

Review Comment:
   Option 1 doesn't allow to distinguish when the existing content is a 
namespace or something else.
   
   Option 2 : it bothers me a bit that in the nominal case (content doesn't 
exist), we must expect to catch an exception. 
   
   All in all I think this is fine, wdyt?



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