@Override
      public List<Object[]> run(List<String> input) throws MetaException {
        String queryText = queryText0 + makeParams(input.size()) + ")";
        Object[] params = new Object[input.size() + 4];
        params[0] = catName;
        params[1] = dbName;
        params[2] = tableName;
        params[3] = engine;
        for (int i = 0; i < input.size(); ++i) {
          params[i + 4] = input.get(i);
        }
        long start = doTrace ? System.nanoTime() : 0;
        Query query = pm.newQuery("javax.jdo.query.SQL", queryText);
        try {
          Object qResult = executeWithArray(query, params, queryText);
          MetastoreDirectSqlUtils.timingTrace(doTrace, queryText0 + "...)", start, (doTrace ? System.nanoTime() : 0));
          if (qResult == null) {
            return null;
          }
          return MetastoreDirectSqlUtils.ensureList(qResult);
        } finally {
          addQueryAfterUse(query);
        }
      }
Retrieve the column statistics for the specified columns of the table. NULL
is returned if the columns are not provided.
@param catName     the catalog name of the table
@param dbName      the database name of the table
@param tableName   the table name
@param colNames    the list of the column names
@param engine      engine making the request
@return            the column statistics for the specified columns
@throws MetaException
standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetaStoreDirectSql.java