@Override
  public <E> Dataset<E> load(String name) {
    Preconditions.checkArgument(name != null, "Name can not be null");

    logger.debug("Loading dataset:{}", name);

    DatasetDescriptor descriptor = metadataProvider.load(name);
    descriptor = addRepositoryUri(descriptor);

    FileSystemDataset<E> ds =
        new FileSystemDataset.Builder()
            .name(name)
            .configuration(conf)
            .descriptor(descriptor)
            .partitionKey(
                descriptor.isPartitioned()
                    ? org.kitesdk.data.impl.Accessor.getDefault().newPartitionKey()
                    : null)
            .partitionListener(getPartitionListener())
            .build();

    logger.debug("Loaded dataset:{}", ds);

    return ds;
  }
  @Override
  public <E> Dataset<E> create(String name, DatasetDescriptor descriptor) {

    Preconditions.checkArgument(name != null, "Name can not be null");
    Preconditions.checkArgument(descriptor != null, "Descriptor can not be null");
    Preconditions.checkArgument(
        descriptor.getLocation() == null,
        "Descriptor location cannot be set; " + "it is assigned by the MetadataProvider");

    DatasetDescriptor newDescriptor = metadataProvider.create(name, descriptor);
    newDescriptor = addRepositoryUri(newDescriptor);

    final URI location = newDescriptor.getLocation();
    if (location == null) {
      throw new DatasetRepositoryException(
          "[BUG] MetadataProvider did not assign a location to dataset:" + name);
    }

    ensureExists(newDescriptor, conf);

    logger.debug(
        "Created dataset:{} schema:{} datasetPath:{}",
        new Object[] {name, newDescriptor.getSchema(), location.toString()});

    return new FileSystemDataset.Builder()
        .name(name)
        .configuration(conf)
        .descriptor(newDescriptor)
        .partitionKey(
            newDescriptor.isPartitioned()
                ? org.kitesdk.data.impl.Accessor.getDefault().newPartitionKey()
                : null)
        .partitionListener(getPartitionListener())
        .build();
  }
  @Override
  public boolean delete(String name) {
    Preconditions.checkArgument(name != null, "Name can not be null");

    logger.debug("Deleting dataset:{}", name);

    DatasetDescriptor descriptor;
    try {
      descriptor = metadataProvider.load(name);
      descriptor = addRepositoryUri(descriptor);
    } catch (DatasetNotFoundException ex) {
      return false;
    }

    boolean changed;
    try {
      // don't care about the return value here -- if it already doesn't exist
      // we still need to delete the data directory
      changed = metadataProvider.delete(name);
    } catch (MetadataProviderException ex) {
      throw new DatasetRepositoryException("Failed to delete descriptor for name:" + name, ex);
    }

    final Path dataLocation = new Path(descriptor.getLocation());
    final FileSystem fs = fsForPath(dataLocation, conf);

    try {
      if (fs.exists(dataLocation)) {
        if (fs.delete(dataLocation, true)) {
          changed = true;
        } else {
          throw new DatasetRepositoryException(
              "Failed to delete dataset name:" + name + " location:" + dataLocation);
        }
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new DatasetRepositoryException(
          "Internal failure when removing location:" + dataLocation);
    }

    return changed;
  }
 @Override
 public Collection<String> list() {
   return metadataProvider.list();
 }
 @Override
 public boolean exists(String name) {
   Preconditions.checkArgument(name != null, "Name can not be null");
   return metadataProvider.exists(name);
 }
  @Override
  public <E> Dataset<E> update(String name, DatasetDescriptor descriptor) {
    Preconditions.checkArgument(name != null, "Dataset name cannot be null");
    Preconditions.checkArgument(descriptor != null, "DatasetDescriptro cannot be null");

    DatasetDescriptor oldDescriptor = metadataProvider.load(name);

    // oldDescriptor is valid if load didn't throw NoSuchDatasetException

    if (!oldDescriptor.getFormat().equals(descriptor.getFormat())) {
      throw new DatasetRepositoryException(
          "Cannot change dataset format from "
              + oldDescriptor.getFormat()
              + " to "
              + descriptor.getFormat());
    }

    final URI oldLocation = oldDescriptor.getLocation();
    if ((oldLocation != null) && !(oldLocation.equals(descriptor.getLocation()))) {
      throw new DatasetRepositoryException("Cannot change the dataset's location");
    }

    if (oldDescriptor.isPartitioned() != descriptor.isPartitioned()) {
      throw new DatasetRepositoryException(
          "Cannot change an unpartitioned dataset to " + " partitioned or vice versa.");
    } else if (oldDescriptor.isPartitioned()
        && descriptor.isPartitioned()
        && !oldDescriptor.getPartitionStrategy().equals(descriptor.getPartitionStrategy())) {
      throw new DatasetRepositoryException(
          "Cannot change partition strategy from "
              + oldDescriptor.getPartitionStrategy()
              + " to "
              + descriptor.getPartitionStrategy());
    }

    // check can read records written with old schema using new schema
    final Schema oldSchema = oldDescriptor.getSchema();
    final Schema newSchema = descriptor.getSchema();
    if (!SchemaValidationUtil.canRead(oldSchema, newSchema)) {
      throw new IncompatibleSchemaException(
          "New schema cannot read data "
              + "written using "
              + "old schema. New schema: "
              + newSchema.toString(true)
              + "\nOld schema: "
              + oldSchema.toString(true));
    }

    DatasetDescriptor updatedDescriptor = metadataProvider.update(name, descriptor);
    updatedDescriptor = addRepositoryUri(updatedDescriptor);

    logger.debug(
        "Updated dataset:{} schema:{} datasetPath:{}",
        new Object[] {
          name, updatedDescriptor.getSchema(), updatedDescriptor.getLocation().toString()
        });

    return new FileSystemDataset.Builder()
        .name(name)
        .configuration(conf)
        .descriptor(updatedDescriptor)
        .partitionKey(
            updatedDescriptor.isPartitioned()
                ? org.kitesdk.data.impl.Accessor.getDefault().newPartitionKey()
                : null)
        .partitionListener(getPartitionListener())
        .build();
  }