SliceQuery<String, String, String> query = HFactory.createSliceQuery(keyspace, StringSerializer.get(), StringSerializer.get(), StringSerializer.get()); query.setKey("all-monkeys"); query.setColumnFamily("Animals"); AllColumnsIterator<String, String> it = new AllColumnsIterator<String, String>(query); while (it.hasNext()) { HColumn<String, String> column = it.next(); logger.warn(column.getName() + ": " + column.getValue()); }