
 
This chapter covers all the important classes in Cassandra.
This class is the main entry point of the driver. It belongs to com.datastax.driver.core package.
| S. No. | Methods and Description | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Session connect() It creates a new session on the current cluster and initializes it. | 
| 2 | void close() It is used to close the cluster instance. | 
| 3 | static Cluster.Builder builder() It is used to create a new Cluster.Builder instance. | 
This class is used to instantiate the Cluster.Builder class.
| S. No | Methods and Description | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Cluster.Builder addContactPoint(String address) This method adds a contact point to cluster. | 
| 2 | Cluster build() This method builds the cluster with the given contact points. | 
This interface holds the connections to Cassandra cluster. Using this interface, you can execute CQL queries. It belongs to com.datastax.driver.core package.
| S. No. | Methods and Description | 
|---|---|
| 1 | void close() This method is used to close the current session instance. | 
| 2 | ResultSet execute(Statement statement) This method is used to execute a query. It requires a statement object. | 
| 3 | ResultSet execute(String query) This method is used to execute a query. It requires a query in the form of a String object. | 
| 4 | PreparedStatement prepare(RegularStatement statement) This method prepares the provided query. The query is to be provided in the form of a Statement. | 
| 5 | PreparedStatement prepare(String query) This method prepares the provided query. The query is to be provided in the form of a String. |