Connect Java App to SparkSQL

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DataStax provides multiple ODBC drivers to connect to Cassandra and DSE, please see here for more information.

In the project we illustrate the Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Cassandra

• Here is the installation guide
• Here is the [documentation] (https://docs.datastax.com/en/dse/6.7/dse-admin/datastax_enterprise/spark/simbaOdbcDriver.html)

Pre-requisites

• You must have java 11+ install on your machine (can be changed in pom.xml)
• You must have a DataStax Enterprise Started with the Spark Workload enabled and the AlwaysOn options enabled as well
• In this sample the Alwaays-on service is expected to be available on localhost:10000 but you can change it

Installation

• Clone the repository
• Import the maven project in your IDE
• Add manually the dependencies from folder lib to the classpath : those are not available on repositories.

Usage

• Simply Run the Unit Test, it will ist you available databases