If you are talking about the CQL-client that comes with Cassandra (cqlsh), it is actually written in Python: https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/trunk/bin/cqlsh
For information on datatypes (and conversion) take a look at the CQL definition: http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.0/references/cql/index (Look at the CQL Data Types section) If that's not the client you are referencing, let us know which one you mean: http://brianoneill.blogspot.com/2012/08/cassandra-apis-laundry-list.html -brian On Nov 17, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Timmy Turner wrote: > Thanks for the links, however I'm interested in the functionality that the > official Cassandra client/API (which is in Java) offers. > > > 2012/11/17 aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> >> Does the official/built-in Cassandra CQL client (in 1.2) > What language ? > > Check the Java http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/cassandra-jdbc/ > and python http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/cassandra-dbapi2/ > drivers. > > Cheers > > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > Freelance Cassandra Developer > New Zealand > > @aaronmorton > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 16/11/2012, at 11:21 AM, Timmy Turner <timm.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does the official/built-in Cassandra CQL client (in 1.2) offer any built-in >> option to get direct values/objects when reading a field, instead of just a >> byte array? > > -- Brian ONeill Lead Architect, Health Market Science (http://healthmarketscience.com) mobile:215.588.6024 blog: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/boneill42/ blog: http://brianoneill.blogspot.com/
