Core: Don't fail if a REST service doesn't support views (apache#9754)

Author: nastra

api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/exceptions/BadRequestException.java

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.FormatMethod;
 
 /** Exception thrown on HTTP 400 - Bad Request */
-public class BadRequestException extends RuntimeException implements CleanableFailure {
+public class BadRequestException extends RESTException implements CleanableFailure {
   @FormatMethod
   public BadRequestException(String message, Object... args) {
-    super(String.format(message, args));
+    super(message, args);
   }
 
   @FormatMethod
   public BadRequestException(Throwable cause, String message, Object... args) {
-    super(String.format(message, args), cause);
+    super(cause, message, args);
   }
 }

api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/exceptions/ForbiddenException.java

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.FormatMethod;
 
 /** Exception thrown on HTTP 403 Forbidden - Failed authorization checks. */
-public class ForbiddenException extends RuntimeException implements CleanableFailure {
+public class ForbiddenException extends RESTException implements CleanableFailure {
   @FormatMethod
   public ForbiddenException(String message, Object... args) {
-    super(String.format(message, args));
+    super(message, args);
   }
 
   @FormatMethod
   public ForbiddenException(Throwable cause, String message, Object... args) {
-    super(String.format(message, args), cause);
+    super(cause, message, args);
   }
 }

core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/RESTSessionCatalog.java

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchNamespaceException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchViewException;
+import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.RESTException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.hadoop.Configurable;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableGroup;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.FileIO;
@@ -717,8 +718,15 @@ public Transaction createTransaction() {
 
     @Override
     public Transaction replaceTransaction() {
-      if (viewExists(context, ident)) {
-        throw new AlreadyExistsException("View with same name already exists: %s", ident);
+      try {
+        if (viewExists(context, ident)) {
+          throw new AlreadyExistsException("View with same name already exists: %s", ident);
+        }
+      } catch (RESTException | UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+        // don't fail if the server doesn't support views, which could be due to:
+        // 1. server or backing catalog doesn't support views
+        // 2. newer client talks to an older server that doesn't support views
+        LOG.debug("Failed to check whether view {} exists", ident, e);
       }
 
       LoadTableResponse response = loadInternal(context, ident, snapshotMode);