public boolean dropPartition()

in aws-glue-datacatalog-client-common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/glue/catalog/metastore/GlueMetastoreClientDelegate.java [846:879]


  public boolean dropPartition(
      String dbName,
      String tblName,
      List<String>values,
      boolean ifExist,
      boolean deleteData,
      boolean purgeData
  ) throws TException {
    checkArgument(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(dbName), "dbName cannot be null or empty");
    checkArgument(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(tblName), "tblName cannot be null or empty");
    checkNotNull(values, "values cannot be null");

    org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Partition partition = null;
    try {
      partition = getPartition(dbName, tblName, values);
    } catch (NoSuchObjectException e) {
      if (ifExist) {
        return true;
      }
    }

    try {
      glueMetastore.deletePartition(dbName, tblName, partition.getValues());
    } catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
      throw CatalogToHiveConverter.wrapInHiveException(e);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      String msg = "Unable to drop partition with values: " + StringUtils.join(values, "/");
      logger.error(msg, e);
      throw new MetaException(msg + e);
    }

    performDropPartitionPostProcessing(dbName, tblName, partition, deleteData, purgeData);
    return true;
  }