Collection type
A collection column is declared using the collection type, followed by another type.
A collection column is declared using the collection type, followed by another type, such as int or text, in angle brackets. For example, you can create a table having a list of textual elements, a list of integers, or a list of some other element types.
list<text>
list<int>
Collection types cannot currently be nested. For example, you cannot define a list within a list:
list<list<int>> // not allowed
In Apache Cassandra™ 2.1 and later, you can create an index on a column of type map, set, or list.
Using frozen in a collection
A frozen value serializes multiple components into a single value. Non-frozen types allow updates to individual fields. Apache Cassandra™ treats the value of a frozen type as a blob. The entire value must be overwritten.
column_name <collection_type><cql_type, frozen<column_name>>
For example:
CREATE TABLE mykeyspace.users (
id uuid PRIMARY KEY,
name frozen <fullname>,
direct_reports set<frozen <fullname>>, // a collection set
addresses map<text, frozen <address>> // a collection map
);