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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Remove datastore.Dataset class","articleBody":"The replacement will be handled by a string when dataset ID is explicitly needed (which will only be for power users). Some functionality will be moved to `key.Key` and the rest to the `connection` module as free functions. In order to make use easier, they will also have versions in `__init__` which can use a default / implicit connection.\n\nSteps to complete:\n- [x] Make `set_default_connection` similar to [`set_default_dataset`](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-python/blob/b79d8624950b3b205de20f527488dde7aa8c8cd8/gcloud/datastore/__init__.py#L61) (#478)\n- [x] Remove ~~`query()`,~~ `entity()`, and `transaction()` methods from `Dataset`, replace their use elsewhere. (#479)\n- [x] Move `Dataset.get_entity` to `Key` (will impact elsewhere, e.g. `Entity.reload`) (#480)\n- [x] Move ~~`save()` and `delete()` methods~~ `delete()` method from `Entity` to `Key` (#481)\n- [x] Move `allocate_ids()` method from `Dataset` to ~~`connection`~~ `__init__` module as free function (#482)\n- [x] Move `get_entities()` method from `Dataset` to ~~`connection`~~ `__init__` module as free function (#483)\n- [x] Fix ~~#484, #485, #486~~ - Lots to do to re-make `Entity`, `Query`, and `Transaction` to not depend on `Dataset`\n- [x] Remove all remnants of `Dataset` (e.g. `set_default_dataset`, `Entity._must_dataset`, and `_implicit_environ._DatastoreBase`)\n- [x] Update stale documentation\n\n**NOTE**: Don't close until `cyclic-import` in #480 is resolved.\n\nSee https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xKw8Tz6lfN5uOcv0my4uUgFSeDoRzwCLho2UGlBpqDU/edit for more.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/dhermes","@type":"Person","name":"dhermes"},"datePublished":"2015-01-02T19:26:51.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/477/google-cloud-python/issues/477"}