public static function setUpBeforeClass()
{
self::$connection = new Cassandra\Database(['127.0.0.1:9042']);
self::$connection->connect();
self::$connection->query("DROP KEYSPACE IF EXISTS testkeyspace;");
self::$connection->query("CREATE KEYSPACE testkeyspace WITH replication = { 'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': '1' };");
self::$connection->query("USE testkeyspace;");
}