Encapsulate json configuration in a "cassandra" object
Added Cluster.Builder to hk2 binder
Added pooling options to configurator
Removed CassandraSession.init(), now called from constructor
Added prepared statement support
Added prepareAsync()
Added new EnvironmentCassandraConfigurator
Bumped cassandra driver to 2.0.0
Code analysis fixes
Modified the EnvironmentCassandraConfigurator to use a specific delimited environment variable, in the same way that the ElasticSearch variant does.

Also added a .gitignore file.
Bumped datastax cassandra driver to 2.0.1
Added metrics
Added cluster isClosed metric
Cleaned up metrics strings
Shortened metrics names
Added socket options configuration
Added support for consistency level LOCAL_ONE
Combined CassandraConfigurator into one metrics gauge.  Added socket and pooling options.
Added configuration unit tests
Added isClosed() to CassandraSession