public Table getTable(final String dbName, final String tableName, String tableMetaRef, boolean throwException,
                        boolean checkTransactional) throws HiveException {
    return getTable(dbName, tableName, tableMetaRef, throwException, checkTransactional, false);
  }
Returns metadata of the table.

@param dbName
         the name of the database
@param tableName
         the name of the table
@param tableMetaRef
         the name of the table meta ref, e.g. iceberg metadata table or branch
@param throwException
         controls whether an exception is thrown or a returns a null
@param checkTransactional
         checks whether the metadata table stats are valid (or
         compilant with the snapshot isolation of) for the current transaction.
@return the table or if throwException is false a null value.
@throws HiveException
ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/metadata/Hive.java