Method removeTable

fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/catalog/Catalog.java:273–282

Removes a table from the catalog and returns the table that was removed, or null if the table/database does not exist.

(TTableName tableName)

   * if the table/database does not exist.
   */
  public @Nullable Table removeTable(TTableName tableName) {
    // Remove the old table name from the cache and add the new table.
    Db db = getDb(tableName.getDb_name());
    if (db == null) return null;
    Table tbl = db.removeTable(tableName.getTable_name());
    if (tbl != null && !tbl.isStoredInImpaladCatalogCache()) {
      CatalogMonitor.INSTANCE.getCatalogTableMetrics().removeTable(tbl);
    }
    return tbl;
  }

  /**
   * Returns all tables and views in 'dbName' that match 'matcher'.