@Override
  public Table translate_table_dryrun(final CreateTableRequest req) throws AlreadyExistsException,
          MetaException, InvalidObjectException, InvalidInputException {
    Table transformedTbl = null;
    Table tbl = req.getTable();
    List<String> processorCapabilities = req.getProcessorCapabilities();
    String processorId = req.getProcessorIdentifier();
    if (!tbl.isSetCatName()) {
      tbl.setCatName(getDefaultCatalog(conf));
    }
    if (transformer != null) {
      transformedTbl = transformer.transformCreateTable(tbl, processorCapabilities, processorId);
    }
    return transformedTbl != null ? transformedTbl : tbl;
  }
Checks whether the repl.last.id is being updated.
@param oldDb the old db object
@param newDb the new db object
@return true if repl.last.id is being changed.
standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HMSHandler.java