embedded-cassandra

Goal(s):

1. Spring Boot app with a rest endpoint to connect to real cassandra instance.
2. Spring Boot component tests to connect to an embedded cassandra (These can be integrated and run as part of our CI)

Step(s) towards building it

1. Create a stand alone spring boot maven project using SPRING INITIALIZR at https://start.spring.io/
2. Add all the spring boot dependencies required. Critical ones are listed below
   1. spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra - spring boot jpa for cassandra to support CRUD operations
   2. cassandra-driver-core - Cassandra driver to connect to real cassandra or embedded cassandra
   3. cassandra-unit-spring - To start an embedded cassandra
   4. cassandra-unit-shaded - To start an embedded cassandra
3. Add a spring boot rest endpoint which inserts the data into a real cassandra instance by defining the controller(s), repositories(s)
4. Add a spring boot component tests to connect to embedded cassandra and validate the results.