@Override
  public Type get_type(final String name) throws MetaException, NoSuchObjectException {
    startFunction("get_type", ": " + name);

    Type ret = null;
    Exception ex = null;
    try {
      ret = getMS().getType(name);
      if (null == ret) {
        throw new NoSuchObjectException("Type \"" + name + "\" not found.");
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      ex = e;
      throwMetaException(e);
    } finally {
      endFunction("get_type", ret != null, ex);
    }
    return ret;
  }
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