Migrating Java driver

Complete the following procedure to migrate your existing DataStax Java driver to a version capable of connecting to Astra DB databases created using DataStax Astra DB.

In your existing DSE Java driver code, update dependencies to include the DSE Java driver version that can connect to Astra DB databases.

Replace {version} with the current Java driver version Maven Central .

DataStax Java driver for Apache Cassandra 4.x

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
  <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
  <!--Use the latest version from https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.datastax.oss/java-driver-core -->
  <version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

DataStax Java driver for Apache Cassandra 3.x

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
  <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
  <!--Use the latest version from https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.datastax.cassandra/cassandra-driver-core -->
  <version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

Optional: To use DSE QueryBuilder, which is a utility used to generate CQL queries programmatically, add the following dependency to your pom.xml file. Replace {version} with the current Java driver version Maven Central .

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.datastax.dse</groupId>
  <artifactId>dse-java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
  <!-- Use the latest 4.x version from https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.datastax.oss/java-driver-query-builder -->
  <version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

Modify the connection code to use the Astra DB API. In the CqlSession or Session objects (DseCluster or DseSession objects for DSE), include the path to the secure connect bundle for your Cassandra database (secure-connect-database_name.zip) in the withCloudSecureConnectBundle() method, as shown in the following example.
- DataStax Java driver for Apache Cassandra 4.x
- DataStax Java driver for Apache Cassandra 3.x
CqlSession session = CqlSession.builder() .withCloudSecureConnectBundle("/path/to/secure-connect-database_name.zip") .withAuthCredentials("clientId","clientSecret") .withKeyspace("keyspace_name") .build())
Session session = Cluster.builder() .withCloudSecureConnectBundle("/path/to/secure-connect-database_name.zip") .withAuthProvider(new PlainTextAuthProvider("clientId", "clientSecret")) .build() .connect("keyspace_name"))
If converting from using the open source Cassandra Java driver to the DSE Java driver, ensure that you change Session to DseSession.

Build the project to test the connection.

mvn clean compile exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=YourJavaDriver.java

If successful, the code builds, compiles, and connects to your Cassandra database.