private List<String> getPartValsFromName(RawStore ms, String catName, String dbName,
                                           String tblName, String partName)
      throws MetaException, InvalidObjectException {
    Table t = ms.getTable(catName, dbName, tblName,  null);
    if (t == null) {
      throw new InvalidObjectException(dbName + "." + tblName
          + " table not found");
    }
    return getPartValsFromName(t, partName);
  }
Returns the value of the given configuration variable name. If the
configuration variable with the given name doesn't exist, or if there
were an exception thrown while retrieving the variable, or if name is
null, defaultValue is returned.
standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HMSHandler.java