Introducing Java driver 4

try (Cluster cluster =

    Cluster.builder().addContactPoint(new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 9042)).build()) {

  Session session = cluster.connect();

  ResultSet rs = session.execute("select release_version from system.local");

  Row row = rs.iterator().next();

  System.out.println(row.getString("release_version"));

}

<dependency>

  <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>

  <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>

  <version>4.0.0-alpha1</version>

</dependency>