Automating cassandra cluster deployment for automated testing

MyTest.java

@Listeners({CassandraClusterManager.class})
public class MyTest {

    @BeforeClass
    @DeployCluster(numNodes = 4)   // installs, and starts 4 node cluster
    public void initCluster() {
        ...
    }

    @AfterClass
    @ShutdownCluster   // shuts down all cluster nodes
    public void cleanUp() {
    }

    @Test
    public void testSomeStuff() {
    }
}