Custom Codec for Date type

addToCluster.java

CodecRegistry codecRegistry = new CodecRegistry();
codecRegistry.register(new LocalDateCustomCodec());

Cluster cluster = Cluster.builder()
  .withCodecRegistry(codecRegistry)
  .build();

Session session = cluster.connect();

LocalDateCustomCodec.java

import com.datastax.driver.core.DataType;
import com.datastax.driver.core.LocalDate;
import com.datastax.driver.core.ProtocolVersion;
import com.datastax.driver.core.TypeCodec;
import com.datastax.driver.core.exceptions.InvalidTypeException;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

public class LocalDateCustomCodec extends TypeCodec<LocalDate> {

    public LocalDateCustomCodec() {
        super(DataType.custom("org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.SimpleDateType"), LocalDate.class);
    }

    @Override
    public ByteBuffer serialize(LocalDate value, ProtocolVersion protocolVersion) throws InvalidTypeException {
        return date().serialize(value, protocolVersion);
    }

    @Override
    public LocalDate deserialize(ByteBuffer bytes, ProtocolVersion protocolVersion) throws InvalidTypeException {
        return date().deserialize(bytes, protocolVersion);
    }

    @Override
    public LocalDate parse(String value) throws InvalidTypeException {
        return date().parse(value);
    }

    @Override
    public String format(LocalDate value) throws InvalidTypeException {
        return date().format(value);
    }
}