diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigquery/snippets/DatasetSnippets.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigquery/snippets/DatasetSnippets.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
+ * This file is referenced in Dataset’s javadoc. Any change to this file should be reflected in
+ * Dataset’s javadoc.
+*/
+
+package com.google.cloud.examples.bigquery.snippets;
+
+import com.google.cloud.Page;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.TableListOption;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset.Builder;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Schema;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardTableDefinition;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Table;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * This class contains a number of snippets for the {@link Dataset} interface.
+ */
+public class DatasetSnippets {
+
+  private final Dataset dataset;
+
+  public DatasetSnippets(Dataset dataset) {
+    this.dataset = dataset;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Example of checking whether a dataset exists.
+   */
+  // [TARGET exists()]
+  public boolean doesDatasetExist() {
+    // [START doesDatasetExist]
+    boolean exists = this.dataset.exists();
+    // [END doesDatasetExist]
+    return exists;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Example of reloading a dataset.
+   */
+  // [TARGET reload(BigQuery.DatasetOption... options)]
+  public Dataset reloadDataset() {
+    // [START reloadDataset]
+    Dataset dataset = this.dataset.reload();
+    if (dataset != null) {
+      // The dataset was reloaded.
+    } else {
+      // The dataset was not found.
+    }
+    // [END reloadDataset]
+    return dataset;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Example of updating a dataset.
+   */
+  // [TARGET update(BigQuery.DatasetOption... options)]
+  // [VARIABLE "my_friendly_name"]
+  public Dataset updateDataset(String friendlyName) {
+    // [START updateDataset]
+    Builder builder = this.dataset.toBuilder();
+    builder.friendlyName(friendlyName);
+    Dataset updatedDataset = builder.build().update();
+    // [END updateDataset]
+    return updatedDataset;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Example of deleting a dataset.
+   */
+  // [TARGET delete()]
+  public boolean deleteDataset() {
+    // [START deleteDataset]
+    boolean deleted = this.dataset.delete();
+    if (deleted) {
+      // The dataset was deleted.
+    } else {
+      // The dataset was not found.
+    }
+    // [END deleteDataset]
+    return deleted;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Example of listing dataset tables.
+   */
+  // [TARGET list(BigQuery.TableListOption... options)]
+  public Page<Table> listDataset() {
+     // [START listDataset]
+    Page<Table> tables = dataset.list();
+    Iterator<Table> tableIterator = tables.iterateAll();
+    while (tableIterator.hasNext()) {
+      Table table = tableIterator.next();
+      // do something with the table
+    }
+    // [END listDataset]
+   return tables;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Example of getting a dataset table.
+   */
+  // [TARGET get(String table, BigQuery.TableOption... options)]
+  // [VARIABLE “my_table”]
+  public Table getTable(String tableName) {
+    // [START getTable]
+    Table table = dataset.get(tableName);
+    // [END getTable]
+    return table;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Example of creating an empty dataset table.
+   */
+  // [TARGET create(String table, TableDefinition definition, BigQuery.TableOption... options)]
+  // [VARIABLE “my_table”]
+  public Table createTable(String tableName) {
+    // [START createTable]
+    StandardTableDefinition definition = StandardTableDefinition.builder()
+        .build();
+    Table table = dataset.create(tableName, definition);
+    // [END createTable]
+    return table;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Example of creating a dataset table with schema and time partitioning.
+   */
+  // [TARGET create(String table, TableDefinition definition, BigQuery.TableOption... options)]
+  // [VARIABLE “my_table”]
+  // [VARIABLE “my_field”]
+  public Table createTable(String tableName, String fieldName) {
+    // [START createTable]
+    Schema schema = Schema.builder()
+        .addField(Field.of(fieldName, Field.Type.string()))
+        .build();
+    StandardTableDefinition definition = StandardTableDefinition.builder()
+        .schema(schema)
+        .build();
+    Table table = dataset.create(tableName, definition);
+    // [END createTable]
+    return table;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigquery/snippets/ITDatasetSnippets.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigquery/snippets/ITDatasetSnippets.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.cloud.examples.bigquery.snippets;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import com.google.cloud.Page;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset;   
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset.Builder;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.DatasetInfo;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardTableDefinition;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Table;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class ITDatasetSnippets {
+  private static final String datasetId = "dataset_snippets_integration_test";
+  private static final String nonExistandDatasetId = "non_existant_dataset";
+  private static final String friendlyName = "some_friendly_name";
+
+  private static BigQuery bigquery;
+  private static Dataset dataset;
+  private static DatasetSnippets datasetSnippets;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void beforeClass() {
+    bigquery = BigQueryOptions.defaultInstance().service();
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void before() {
+    dataset = bigquery.create(DatasetInfo.builder(datasetId).build());
+    datasetSnippets = new DatasetSnippets(dataset);
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void after() {
+    bigquery.delete(datasetId, BigQuery.DatasetDeleteOption.deleteContents());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDoesDataExistReturnsFalseWhenDatasetDoesntExist() {
+    Dataset nonExistantDataset = bigquery.create(DatasetInfo.builder(nonExistandDatasetId).build());
+    DatasetSnippets datasetSnippetsWithNonExistantDataset = new DatasetSnippets(nonExistantDataset);
+    bigquery.delete(nonExistandDatasetId, BigQuery.DatasetDeleteOption.deleteContents());
+    assertFalse(datasetSnippetsWithNonExistantDataset.doesDatasetExist());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDoesDataExistReturnsTrueWhenDatasetExists() {
+    assertTrue(datasetSnippets.doesDatasetExist());
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testReloadDatasetReturnsNullWhenDatasetDoesntExist() {
+    Dataset nonExistantDataset = bigquery.create(DatasetInfo.builder(nonExistandDatasetId).build());
+    DatasetSnippets datasetSnippetsWithNonExistantDataset = new DatasetSnippets(nonExistantDataset);
+    bigquery.delete(nonExistandDatasetId, BigQuery.DatasetDeleteOption.deleteContents());
+    assertNull(datasetSnippetsWithNonExistantDataset.reloadDataset());
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testReloadDatasetReturnsTheReloadedDatasetWhenDatasetExists() {
+    assertNull(dataset.friendlyName());
+    
+    Builder builder = dataset.toBuilder();
+    builder.friendlyName(friendlyName);
+    builder.build().update();
+    
+    Dataset reloadedDataset = datasetSnippets.reloadDataset();
+    assertEquals(friendlyName, reloadedDataset.friendlyName());
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testUpdateDatasetReturnsTheUpdatedDatasetWhenDatasetExists() {
+    assertNull(dataset.friendlyName());
+    
+    Dataset updatedDataset = datasetSnippets.updateDataset(friendlyName);
+    assertEquals(friendlyName, updatedDataset.friendlyName());
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteDatasetReturnsFalseWhenDatasetDoesntExist() {
+    Dataset nonExistantDataset = bigquery.create(DatasetInfo.builder(nonExistandDatasetId).build());
+    DatasetSnippets datasetSnippetsWithNonExistantDataset = new DatasetSnippets(nonExistantDataset);
+    bigquery.delete(nonExistandDatasetId, BigQuery.DatasetDeleteOption.deleteContents());
+    assertFalse(datasetSnippetsWithNonExistantDataset.deleteDataset());
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteDatasetReturnsTrueWhenDatasetExists() {
+    assertTrue(datasetSnippets.deleteDataset());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testListTablesWhenEmpty() {
+    Page<Table> tables = datasetSnippets.listDataset();
+    assertFalse(tables.iterateAll().hasNext());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testListTablesWhenNotEmpty() {
+    String expectedTableName = "test_table";
+
+    dataset.create(expectedTableName, StandardTableDefinition.builder().build());
+    Page<Table> tables = datasetSnippets.listDataset();
+    Iterator<Table> iterator = tables.iterateAll();
+    assertTrue(iterator.hasNext());
+
+    Table actualTable = iterator.next();
+    assertTrue(actualTable.tableId().table().equals(expectedTableName));
+    assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetTable() {
+    String expectedTableName = "test_table";
+
+    dataset.create(expectedTableName, StandardTableDefinition.builder().build());
+    Table actualTable = datasetSnippets.getTable(expectedTableName);
+
+    Assert.assertNotNull(actualTable);
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedTableName, actualTable.tableId().table());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateTable() {
+    String expectedTableName = "test_table";
+
+    Table actualTable = datasetSnippets.createTable(expectedTableName);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(actualTable);
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedTableName, actualTable.tableId().table());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateTableWithSchema() {
+    String expectedTableName = "test_table";
+    String expectedFieldName = "test_field";
+
+    Table actualTable = datasetSnippets.createTable(expectedTableName, expectedFieldName);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(actualTable);
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedTableName, actualTable.tableId().table());
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, actualTable.definition().schema().fields().size());
+
+    Field actualField = actualTable.definition().schema().fields().get(0);
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedFieldName, actualField.name());
+  }
+}