java version "1.7.0_40"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_40-b43)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0-b56, mixed mode)

cassandra-jdbc-1.2.5.jar
apache-cassandra-thrift-2.0.1.jar
apache-cassandra-clientutil-2.0.1.jar

String driverClass = "org.apache.cassandra.cql.jdbc.CassandraDriver";
Class.forName( driverClass ).newInstance();

// mykeyspace was created in the setup example
java.sql.Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:cassandra://localhost:9160/mykeyspace");

org/apache/cassandra/cql/jdbc/AbstractConnection.class
org/apache/cassandra/cql/jdbc/AbstractResultSet.class
org/apache/cassandra/cql/jdbc/AbstractStatement.class

class ManagedConnection extends AbstractConnection implements Connection
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