/**
   * Load data via the proxy, and pump the records into the store
   *
   * @throws Exception
   */
  public ObservableFuture<Void> load() throws Exception {
    if (lastLoadingFuture != null) {
      // cancel the old ones.
      lastLoadingFuture.cancel();
      lastProxyLoadingFuture.cancel();
    }

    // this might take a long time.
    // unfortunately i can't sync during it.
    // but this means that after a LOAD operation is requested,
    // any adds that someone does will be overridden by the proxy.load() return value.
    // note: unfortunately this is synchronous.
    lastProxyLoadingFuture = proxy.load();
    lastLoadingFuture = new DefaultObservableFuture<Void>(this);

    // listen for completion of this future.
    lastProxyLoadingFuture.addObserver(onLoadCompleteCallback);

    // this whitespace might be all it takes to miss a callback, so we have to listen first, check
    // second.

    if (handleImmediatelyDone(lastProxyLoadingFuture, lastLoadingFuture)) {
      lastProxyLoadingFuture.removeObserver(onLoadCompleteCallback);
    }

    return lastLoadingFuture;
  }
  /**
   * This future is the future of the proxy
   *
   * @param internal
   * @param external
   * @throws Exception
   * @return if it was done or not
   */
  private synchronized boolean handleImmediatelyDone(
      ObservableFuture<D> internal, MutableObservableFuture<Void> external) throws Exception {
    // if it's already done, we need to do some work.
    if (internal.isDone()) {
      if (internal.isSuccess()) {
        // already done! shit! we missed it!
        parseAndLoad(internal.getResult());
        external.setSuccess(null);
      } else if (internal.isCancelled()) {
        // cascade the cancellation
        external.cancel();
      } else {
        // must be in error?
        external.setFailure(internal.getCause());
      }
      return true;
    }

    return false;
  }