BigInteger hashkey = FBUtilities.hash(ks.key); this.currentToken = hashkey; ... KeyRange kr = new KeyRange(); kr.setStart_token(this.currentToken.toString()); kr.setEnd_token(this.endToken.toString()); kr.setCount(this.keyRangeSize); List results = client.get_range_slices(this.runArgs.get("ks"), parent, pred, kr, this.readConsistencyLevel);