Gain access to the 'Spark Catalog' API making use of the 'sparklyr' API. 'Catalog' <https://spark.apache.org/docs/2.4.3/api/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalog/Catalog.html> is the interface for managing a metastore (aka metadata catalog) of relational entities (e.g. database(s), tables, functions, table columns and temporary views).