if (cassandraStorage)
return columnDefs;
// otherwise for CqlStorage, check metadata for classic thrift tables
CFMetaData cfm = getCFMetaData(keyspace, column_family, client);
for (ColumnDefinition def : cfm.regularColumns())
{
ColumnDef cDef = new ColumnDef();
String columnName = def.name.toString();
String type = def.type.toString();
logger.debug("name: {}, type: {} ", columnName, type);