code: private Object cqlColumnToObj(Cell col, CfDef cfDef) throws IOException
      {
          // standard
          Map<ByteBuffer,AbstractType> validators = getValidatorMap(cfDef);
          ByteBuffer cellName = col.name().toByteBuffer();
          if (validators.get(cellName) == null)
              return cassandraToObj(getDefaultMarshallers(cfDef).get(MarshallerType.DEFAULT_VALIDATOR), col.value());
          else
              return cassandraToObj(validators.get(cellName), col.value());
      }
docs: convert a cql column to an object