@Deprecated
  public static void writeMetadataFile(Configuration configuration, Path outputPath, List<Footer> footers) throws IOException {
    writeMetadataFile(configuration, outputPath, footers, JobSummaryLevel.ALL);
  }
@Deprecated
  public static void writeMetadataFile(Configuration configuration, Path outputPath, List<Footer> footers) throws IOException {
    writeMetadataFile(configuration, outputPath, footers, JobSummaryLevel.ALL);
  }
@ Deprecated public static void writeMetadataFile ( Configuration configuration , Path outputPath , List < Footer > footers ) throws IOException { writeMetadataFile ( configuration , outputPath , footers , JobSummaryLevel . ALL ) ; }
writes a _metadata and _common_metadata file
@param configuration the configuration to use to get the FileSystem
@param outputPath the directory to write the _metadata file to
@param footers the list of footers to merge
@throws IOException if there is an error while writing
@deprecated metadata files are not recommended and will be removed in 2.0.0
writes a _metadata and _common_metadata file