public long readTimeoutValue(Column<?> column){
  if (columnFamily.getDefaultValueSerializer() == ByteBufferSerializer.get() || columnFamily.getDefaultValueSerializer() == LongSerializer.get()) {
    return column.getLongValue();
  }
 else {
    return Long.parseLong(column.getStringValue());
  }
}

public long readTimeoutValue ( Column < ? > column ) { if ( columnFamily . getDefaultValueSerializer ( ) == ByteBufferSerializer . get ( ) || columnFamily . getDefaultValueSerializer ( ) == LongSerializer . get ( ) ) { return column . getLongValue ( ) ; } else { return Long . parseLong ( column . getStringValue ( ) ) ; } }
read the expiration time from the column value
