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package lucandra;

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;

public class CassandraDaemon extends org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraDaemon
{
    
    private CountDownLatch startedLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
    
    public void start()
    {
        
        startedLatch.countDown();
        
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.start();
    }

    public CountDownLatch getStartedLatch()
    {
        return startedLatch;
    }
    
}

@@ -1084,32 +1084,46 @@
 )%0A    %7B%0A        
+super.start();
 %0A        started
@@ -1145,83 +1145,8 @@
 ();%0A
-        %0A        // TODO Auto-generated method stub%0A        super.start();%0A
     

Change CassandraDaemon to decrement latch after finished with Cassandra startup, not before.