Use of HiveMetaStoreClient(thereby, HiveConf) to retrieve Hive metadata

Kerberized HDP-2.6.3.0.

I am able to connect to Hive from my Windows machine using the Hive JDBC driver, however, I need to use some methods of the HiveMetaStoreClient. I flipped through the api and wrote a test code which I am executing from an IDE.

private static void connectHiveMetastore() throws MetaException, MalformedURLException {
        //System.setProperty("javax.security.auth.useSubjectCredsOnly","false");
        //System.setProperty("java.security.krb5.conf","C:\\kerb5.conf");
        Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
        //configuration.addResource("E:\\hdp\\client_config\\HDFS_CLIENT\\core-site.xml");
        //configuration.addResource("E:\\hdp\\client_config\\HDFS_CLIENT\\hdfs-site.xml");
        HiveConf hiveConf = new HiveConf(configuration,Configuration.class);
        //URL url = new File("E:\\hdp\\client_config\\HDFS_CLIENT\\hive-site.xml").toURI().toURL();
        //hiveConf.setHiveSiteLocation(url);
        //hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTOREURIS,"thrift://l4283t.sss.com:9083,thrift://l4284t.sss.com:9083");
        HiveMetaStoreClient hiveMetaStoreClient = new HiveMetaStoreClient(hiveConf);
    }

The dependencies in the pom file:

</dependencies>
<dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>3.8.1</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.hive/hive-metastore -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
        <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.hive/hive-exec -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
        <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-common -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
        <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
        <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Irrespective of whether I comment or uncomment the lines pertaining to the config and Kerberos, I receive the following exception which is explained on the Hive wiki:

15:35:27.139 [main] ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler - MetaException(message:Version information not found in metastore. )
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.checkSchema(ObjectStore.java:7564)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.verifySchema(ObjectStore.java:7542)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.invoke(RawStoreProxy.java:101)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy8.verifySchema(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMSForConf(HiveMetaStore.java:591)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMS(HiveMetaStore.java:584)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.createDefaultDB(HiveMetaStore.java:651)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.init(HiveMetaStore.java:427)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invokeInternal(RetryingHMSHandler.java:148)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invoke(RetryingHMSHandler.java:107)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:79)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.getProxy(RetryingHMSHandler.java:92)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:6893)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:164)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:129)
at com.my.App.connectHiveMetastore(App.java:58)
at com.my.App.main(App.java:37)
15:35:27.141 [main] ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler - HMSHandler Fatal error: MetaException(message:Version information not found in metastore. )
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.checkSchema(ObjectStore.java:7564)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.verifySchema(ObjectStore.java:7542)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.invoke(RawStoreProxy.java:101)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy8.verifySchema(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMSForConf(HiveMetaStore.java:591)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMS(HiveMetaStore.java:584)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.createDefaultDB(HiveMetaStore.java:651)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.init(HiveMetaStore.java:427)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invokeInternal(RetryingHMSHandler.java:148)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invoke(RetryingHMSHandler.java:107)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:79)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.getProxy(RetryingHMSHandler.java:92)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:6893)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:164)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:129)
at com.my.App.connectHiveMetastore(App.java:58)
at com.my.App.main(App.java:37)
Exception in thread "main" MetaException(message:Version information not found in metastore. )
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:83)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.getProxy(RetryingHMSHandler.java:92)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:6893)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:164)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:129)
at com.my.App.connectHiveMetastore(App.java:58)
at com.my.App.main(App.java:37)
Caused by: MetaException(message:Version information not found in metastore. )
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.checkSchema(ObjectStore.java:7564)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.verifySchema(ObjectStore.java:7542)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.invoke(RawStoreProxy.java:101)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy8.verifySchema(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMSForConf(HiveMetaStore.java:591)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMS(HiveMetaStore.java:584)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.createDefaultDB(HiveMetaStore.java:651)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.init(HiveMetaStore.java:427)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invokeInternal(RetryingHMSHandler.java:148)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invoke(RetryingHMSHandler.java:107)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:79)
... 6 more
Process finished with exit code 1

I have the following questions/concerns:

Is the way I am thinking about and connecting the HiveMetaStoreClient correct? If not, how do I retrieve the metadata information provided by the methods of HiveMetaStoreClient?
The code certainly isn't 'reaching' the cluster. Is the above exception pertaining to the dependency versions? If not, what can be the root cause?

Solution

Following the leads provided by @Samson(in comments), I gave the Maven approach and simply kept on copying the jars required from the cluster. Yes, this took a long time to get things sorted but I did make some progress. Below is the class I am using, I still get SASL-related exceptions but at least the request is reaching the server.

private static void connectHiveMetastore() throws MetaException, MalformedURLException {

        System.setProperty("hadoop.home.dir", "E:\\Software\\Virtualization");

        /*Start : Commented or un-commented, immaterial ...*/
        System.setProperty("javax.security.auth.useSubjectCredsOnly","false");
        System.setProperty("java.security.auth.login.config","E:\\lib\\hdp\\loginconf.ini");
        System.setProperty("java.security.krb5.conf","E:\\lib\\hdp\\krb5.conf");
        /*End : Commented or un-commented, immaterial ...*/

        Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
        /*Start : Commented or un-commented, immaterial ...*/
        configuration.addResource("E:\\lib\\hdp\\client_config\\HDFS_CLIENT\\core-site.xml");
        configuration.addResource("E:\\lib\\hdp\\client_config\\HDFS_CLIENT\\hdfs-site.xml");
        configuration.addResource("E:\\lib\\hdp\\client_config\\HIVE_CLIENT\\hive-site.xml");
        configuration.set("hive.server2.authentication","KERBEROS");
        configuration.set("hadoop.security.authentication", "Kerberos");
        /*End : Commented or un-commented, immaterial ...*/

        HiveConf hiveConf = new HiveConf(configuration,Configuration.class);
        URL url = new File("E:\\lib\\hdp\\client_config\\HIVE_CLIENT\\hive-site.xml").toURI().toURL();
        HiveConf.setHiveSiteLocation(url);
        hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTOREURIS,"thrift://l4283t.sss.se.com:9083,thrift://l4284t.sss.se.com:9083");
        /*Start : Commented or un-commented, immaterial ...*/
        hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_SERVER2_AUTHENTICATION,"KERBEROS");
        /*End : Commented or un-commented, immaterial ...*/

        HiveMetaStoreClient hiveMetaStoreClient = new HiveMetaStoreClient(hiveConf);

        System.out.println("Metastore client : "+hiveMetaStoreClient);
        System.out.println("Is local metastore ? "+hiveMetaStoreClient.isLocalMetaStore());
        System.out.println(hiveMetaStoreClient.getAllDatabases());

        hiveMetaStoreClient.close();
    }