Programmatically check table exist in AWS Dynamo DB from Lambda function

public boolean isTableExist(String tableName) {
        try {
            TableDescription tableDescription = dynamoDB.getTable(tableName).describe();
            System.out.println('Table description: ' + tableDescription.getTableStatus());

            return true;
        } catch (com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model.ResourceNotFoundException rnfe) {
            System.out.println("Table does not exist");
        }
        return false;

    }