public function get_super_column_range($super_column,
                                           $key_start="",
                                           $key_finish="",
                                           $row_count=self::DEFAULT_ROW_COUNT,
                                           $column_slice=null,
                                           $column_names=null,
                                           $consistency_level=null,
                                           $buffer_size=null) {

        $cp = $this->create_column_parent($super_column);
        $slice = $this->create_slice_predicate($column_names, $column_slice, false);

        return $this->_get_range($key_start, $key_finish, $row_count,
            $cp, $slice, $consistency_level, $buffer_size);
    }