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+"""Test Dataset class."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+import pytest
+from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
+from pyspark.sql.types import IntegerType, StructField, StructType
+
+from otg.dataset.dataset import Dataset
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TestDataset(Dataset):
+    """Concrete subclass of Dataset for testing. Necessary because Dataset is abstract."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_schema(cls) -> StructType:
+        """Get schema."""
+        return StructType([StructField("value", IntegerType(), False)])
+
+
+class TestSetPartitions:
+    """Test TestDataset.set_partitions."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("new_partitions_expr", (+1, -1))
+    def test_set_partitions(self: TestSetPartitions, new_partitions_expr: int) -> None:
+        """Test Dataset.set_partitions."""
+        initial_partitions = self.test_dataset._df.rdd.getNumPartitions()
+        new_partitions = (
+            initial_partitions + new_partitions_expr if initial_partitions > 1 else 1
+        )
+        self.test_dataset.set_partitions(new_partitions)
+        assert self.test_dataset._df.rdd.getNumPartitions() == new_partitions
+
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def _setup(self: TestSetPartitions, spark: SparkSession) -> None:
+        """Setup fixture."""
+        self.test_dataset = TestDataset(
+            _df=spark.createDataFrame(
+                [(1,), (2,), (3,)], schema=TestDataset.get_schema()
+            ),
+            _schema=TestDataset.get_schema(),
+        )