adutra commented on code in PR #8857: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8857#discussion_r1365252557
########## nessie/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/nessie/NessieIcebergClient.java: ########## @@ -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? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org