private boolean drop_partition_by_name_core(final RawStore ms, final String catName,
      final String db_name, final String tbl_name, final String part_name,
      final boolean deleteData, final EnvironmentContext envContext)
      throws TException, IOException {

    List<String> partVals;
    try {
      partVals = getPartValsFromName(ms, catName, db_name, tbl_name, part_name);
    } catch (InvalidObjectException e) {
      throw new NoSuchObjectException(e.getMessage());
    }

    return drop_partition_common(ms, catName, db_name, tbl_name, partVals, deleteData, envContext);
  }
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