Using the Object Mapper with Scala

DataStax's Java driver for Apache Cassandra and DSE includes a useful feature called Object Mapper, which simplifies database access by allowing direct mapping of Cassandra tables into business objects. This approach eliminates the need to write numerous calls like getInt or getString to extract data from returned rows and convert it into classes. The Object Mapper also supports execution of custom queries for cases when a set of objects needs to be retrieved, or when the Mapper approach is not flexible enough. Scala as a JVM-based language also provides support for annotations, which can be used with Object Mapper in similar ways as Java.