.addContactPoints(hostStrings)
.withPort(port);
if (null != cassandraKijiURI.getUsername()) {
clusterBuilder.withAuthProvider(
new PlainTextAuthProvider(cassandraKijiURI.getUsername(), cassandraKijiURI.getPassword())
);
}
final Cluster cluster = clusterBuilder.build();
final Session cassandraSession = cluster.connect();