private Table getTable() throws HiveException {
    try {
      return context.getDb().getTable(desc.getTableName());
    } catch (InvalidTableException e) {
      return null;
    }
  }
Operation process of dropping a materialized view.
ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/ddl/view/materialized/drop/DropMaterializedViewOperation.java