/* * Copyright (C) 2012-2015 DataStax Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.datastax.driver.examples.basic; import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster; import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet; import com.datastax.driver.core.Row; import com.datastax.driver.core.Session; /** * Connects to a Cassandra cluster and extracts basic information from it. * <p/> * Preconditions: * - a Cassandra cluster is running and accessible through the contacts points identified by CONTACT_POINTS and PORT. * <p/> * Side effects: none. * * @see <a href="http://datastax.github.io/java-driver/manual/">Java driver online manual</a> */ public class ReadCassandraVersion { static String[] CONTACT_POINTS = {"127.0.0.1"}; static int PORT = 9042; public static void main(String[] args) { Cluster cluster = null; try { // The Cluster object is the main entry point of the driver. // It holds the known state of the actual Cassandra cluster (notably the Metadata). // This class is thread-safe, you should create a single instance (per target Cassandra cluster), and share // it throughout your application. cluster = Cluster.builder() .addContactPoints(CONTACT_POINTS).withPort(PORT) .build(); // The Session is what you use to execute queries. Likewise, it is thread-safe and should be reused. Session session = cluster.connect(); // We use execute to send a query to Cassandra. This returns a ResultSet, which is essentially a collection // of Row objects. ResultSet rs = session.execute("select release_version from system.local"); // Extract the first row (which is the only one in this case). Row row = rs.one(); // Extract the value of the first (and only) column from the row. String releaseVersion = row.getString("release_version"); System.out.printf("Cassandra version is: %s%n", releaseVersion); } finally { // Close the cluster after we’re done with it. This will also close any session that was created from this // cluster. // This step is important because it frees underlying resources (TCP connections, thread pools...). In a // real application, you would typically do this at shutdown (for example, when undeploying your webapp). if (cluster != null) cluster.close(); } } }