@Override
  public boolean create_type(final Type type) throws AlreadyExistsException,
      MetaException, InvalidObjectException {
    startFunction("create_type", ": " + type.toString());
    boolean success = false;
    Exception ex = null;
    try {
      create_type_core(getMS(), type);
      success = true;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      ex = e;
      throw handleException(e)
          .throwIfInstance(MetaException.class, InvalidObjectException.class, AlreadyExistsException.class)
          .defaultMetaException();
    } finally {
      endFunction("create_type", success, ex);
    }

    return success;
  }
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