public function get_super_column($key,
                                     $super_column,
                                     $column_slice=null,
                                     $column_names=null,
                                     $consistency_level=null) {

        $cp = $this->create_column_parent($super_column);
        $slice = $this->create_slice_predicate($column_names, $column_slice, false);
        return $this->_get($key, $cp, $slice, $consistency_level);
    }