changes to operator.
diff --git a/contrib/src/main/java/com/datatorrent/contrib/cassandra/CassandraOutputOperator.java b/contrib/src/main/java/com/datatorrent/contrib/cassandra/CassandraOutputOperator.java
index 31bf428..25da032 100644
--- a/contrib/src/main/java/com/datatorrent/contrib/cassandra/CassandraOutputOperator.java
+++ b/contrib/src/main/java/com/datatorrent/contrib/cassandra/CassandraOutputOperator.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import com.datastax.driver.core.PreparedStatement;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Statement;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.exceptions.DriverException;
-import com.datatorrent.api.Context.OperatorContext;
 import com.datatorrent.lib.util.PojoUtils;
 import com.datatorrent.lib.util.PojoUtils.GetterBoolean;
 import com.datatorrent.lib.util.PojoUtils.GetterDouble;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.datatorrent.lib.util.PojoUtils.GetterLong;
 import com.datatorrent.lib.util.PojoUtils.GetterObject;
 import com.datatorrent.lib.util.PojoUtils.GetterString;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
  * <p>
  * CassandraOutputOperator class.</p>
  * A Generic implementation of AbstractCassandraTransactionableOutputOperatorPS which takes in any POJO.
- *
- * @since 1.0.3
+ * @displayName Cassandra Output Operator
+ * @category Output
+ * @tags output operator
  */
 public class CassandraOutputOperator extends AbstractCassandraTransactionableOutputOperatorPS<Object>
 {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@
     int size = columnDataTypes.size();
     for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
       DataType type = columnDataTypes.get(i);
-      LOG.debug("type is {}",type.getName());
+      LOG.debug("type is {}",type);
       String getterExpression = PojoUtils.getSingleFieldExpression(fqcn, expressions.get(i));
       if (type.equals(DataType.ascii()) || type.equals(DataType.text()) || type.equals(DataType.varchar())) {
         GetterString getVarchar = PojoUtils.createGetterString(fqcn, getterExpression);
@@ -147,13 +148,10 @@
         GetterDouble getDouble = PojoUtils.createGetterDouble(fqcn, getterExpression);
         getters.add(getDouble);
       }
-      else if (type.equals(DataType.timestamp())) {
-        GetterObject getObject = PojoUtils.createGetterObject(fqcn, getterExpression);
-        getters.add(getObject);
-      }
       else
       {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this type is not supported "+type);
+        GetterObject getObject = PojoUtils.createGetterObject(fqcn, getterExpression);
+        getters.add(getObject);
       }
 
     }
@@ -175,8 +173,6 @@
         values.append(",").append("?");
       }
     }
-    LOG.debug("queryfields are", queryfields.toString());
-    LOG.debug("values are ",values.toString());
     String statement
             = "INSERT INTO " + store.keyspace + "."
             + tablename
@@ -194,59 +190,67 @@
       processFirstTuple(tuple);
     }
     BoundStatement boundStmnt = new BoundStatement(updateCommand);
+    //BatchStatement batchStmt = new BatchStatement();
     int size = columnDataTypes.size();
-    Object getter = new Object();
-    UUID id = (UUID)(((GetterObject)getters.get(0)).get(tuple));;
-    for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
+    //Object getter = new Object();
+   // Object[] getter= new Object[size];
+   // UUID id = (UUID)(((GetterObject)getters.get(0)).get(tuple));
+   // Object id = null;
+    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
       DataType type = columnDataTypes.get(i);
-      LOG.debug("type before switch is {}",type.getName());
+      LOG.debug("name of type is {}",type.getName());
        switch (type.getName()) {
         case UUID:
-          id = (UUID)(((GetterObject)getters.get(i)).get(tuple));
+         UUID id = (UUID)(((GetterObject)getters.get(i)).get(tuple));
+         boundStmnt.setUUID(i, id);
           break;
         case ASCII:
-         getter = ((GetterString)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+         String ascii= ((GetterString)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+         boundStmnt.setString(i, ascii);
           break;
         case VARCHAR:
-          getter = ((GetterString)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+         String varchar = ((GetterString)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+         boundStmnt.setString(i, varchar);
           break;
         case TEXT:
-          getter = ((GetterString)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          String text= ((GetterString)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setString(i, text);
           break;
         case BOOLEAN:
-          getter = ((GetterBoolean)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          Boolean bool = ((GetterBoolean)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setBool(i, bool);
           break;
         case INT:
-          getter = ((GetterInt)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          Integer intValue = ((GetterInt)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setInt(i, intValue);
           break;
         case BIGINT:
-          getter = ((GetterLong)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          Long longValue = ((GetterLong)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setLong(i, longValue);
           break;
         case COUNTER:
-          getter = ((GetterLong)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          Long counter = ((GetterLong)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setLong(i, counter);
           break;
         case FLOAT:
-          getter = ((GetterFloat)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          Float floatValue = ((GetterFloat)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setFloat(i, floatValue);
           break;
         case DOUBLE:
-          getter = ((GetterDouble)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          LOG.debug("double value");
+          Double doubleValue = ((GetterDouble)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setDouble(i, doubleValue);
           break;
-        case TIMESTAMP:
-          getter = (Date)((GetterObject)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
-          break;
-        case CUSTOM:
-          getter = ((GetterObject)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
-          break;
-        default:
-          getter = (((GetterObject)getters.get(i)).get(tuple));
+        case DECIMAL:
+          BigDecimal decimal = (BigDecimal)((GetterObject)getters.get(i)).get(tuple);
+          boundStmnt.setDecimal(i, decimal);
           break;
       }
-       /*if(i==0)
-       {
-         id = getter;
-       }*/
-        boundStmnt.bind(id,getter);
     }
+    //batchStmt.add(updateCommand.bind(id, getter, title1, body1));
+//batch.add(ps2.bind(uid, mid2));
+          //  boundStmnt.bind(id,getter1[0],getter1[1]);
+
 
     return boundStmnt;
   }
@@ -254,3 +258,4 @@
   private static transient final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CassandraOutputOperator.class);
 }
 
+