datastax/java-driver — pull request #234 by matthewadams (2014-09-27 16:15:18+00:00)
Title: JAVA-469: added backward-compatible DataType.deserialize methods

This at least gives Spring Data Cassandra the possibility of compiling and running against versions before, equal to, and after 2.1.0 without user intervention for deserialization. If there are other, similar breaking changes, they might be able to be handled in a similar fashion.