@Test(expected = MetaException.class)
  public void testAlterPartitionsMissingPartitionVals() throws Exception {
    createTable4PartColsParts(client);
    Table t = client.getTable(DB_NAME, TABLE_NAME);
    PartitionBuilder builder = new PartitionBuilder();
    Partition part = builder.inTable(t).build(metaStore.getConf());
    Partition part1 = client.listPartitions(DB_NAME, TABLE_NAME, (short)-1).get(0);
    client.alter_partitions(DB_NAME, TABLE_NAME, Lists.newArrayList(part, part1));
  }
Testing
   alter_partitions(String,String,List(Partition)) ->
   alter_partitions_with_environment_context(String,String,List(Partition),null).
standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/client/TestAlterPartitions.java