code: protected CfInfo getCfInfo(String signature) throws IOException
      {
          UDFContext context = UDFContext.getUDFContext();
          Properties property = context.getUDFProperties(AbstractCassandraStorage.class);
          String prop = property.getProperty(signature);
          CfInfo cfInfo = new CfInfo();
          cfInfo.cfDef = cfdefFromString(prop.substring(2));
          cfInfo.compactCqlTable = prop.charAt(0) == '1' ? true : false;
          cfInfo.cql3Table = prop.charAt(1) == '1' ? true : false;
          return cfInfo;
      }
docs: get the columnfamily definition for the signature