<dependency>
    <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
    <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
    <version>2.1.9</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
    <artifactId>dse-driver</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>

# old driver
mvn -Pcassandra-driver clean package
java -jar target/cassandra-print-column-metadata-cassandra-driver.jar <address> <user> <password> <keyspace> <table>
...
ts timestamp
...

# new driver
mvn -Pdse-driver clean package
java -jar target/cassandra-print-column-metadata-dse-driver.jar <address> <user> <password> <keyspace> <table>
...
ts 'org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.DateType'
...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>cnauroth</groupId>
    <artifactId>cassandra-print-column-metadata</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <description>Console application that prints Cassandra table column metadata</description>
    <name>cassandra-print-column-metadata</name>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
        <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
    </properties>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
                            <mainClass>cnauroth.Main</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                    <descriptorRefs>
                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                    </descriptorRefs>
                    <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>make-assembly</id>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>single</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>dse-driver</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <dependencies>
                <dependency>
                    <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
                    <artifactId>dse-driver</artifactId>
                    <version>1.1.2</version>
                </dependency>
            </dependencies>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                        <configuration>
                            <finalName>${project.artifactId}-dse-driver</finalName>
                        </configuration>
                    </plugin>
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>cassandra-driver</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <dependencies>
                <dependency>
                    <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
                    <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
                    <version>2.1.9</version>
                </dependency>
            </dependencies>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                        <configuration>
                            <finalName>${project.artifactId}-cassandra-driver</finalName>
                        </configuration>
                    </plugin>
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>
    </profiles>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

package cnauroth;

import java.util.List;

import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster;
import com.datastax.driver.core.ColumnMetadata;
import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;

class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // Skipping validation for brevity
        String address = args[0];
        String user = args[1];
        String password = args[2];
        String keyspace = args[3];
        String table = args[4];

        try (Cluster cluster = new Cluster.Builder()
                .addContactPoints(address)
                .withCredentials(user, password)
                .build()) {
            List<ColumnMetadata> columns =
                    cluster.getMetadata().getKeyspace(keyspace).getTable(table).getColumns();
            for (ColumnMetadata column : columns) {
                System.out.println(column);
            }
        }
    }
}