@Deprecated // @deprecated in favour of {@link HCatTable.#tableType(HCatTable.Type)}. To be removed in Hive 0.16.
    public Builder isTableExternal(boolean isExternal) {
      this.hcatTable.tableType(isExternal? HCatTable.Type.EXTERNAL_TABLE : HCatTable.Type.MANAGED_TABLE);
      return this;
    }
Checks if is table external.

@param isExternal the is external
@return the builder
hcatalog/webhcat/java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/api/HCatCreateTableDesc.java