public static List<Row> getRangeSlice(ColumnFamilyStore cfs, ByteBuffer superColumn) {
    IDiskAtomFilter filter =
        superColumn == null
            ? new IdentityQueryFilter()
            : new SliceQueryFilter(
                SuperColumns.startOf(superColumn),
                SuperColumns.endOf(superColumn),
                false,
                Integer.MAX_VALUE);

    Token min = StorageService.getPartitioner().getMinimumToken();
    return cfs.getRangeSlice(Bounds.makeRowBounds(min, min), null, filter, 10000);
  }
  @Test
  public void testSuperColumnTombstones()
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
    Keyspace keyspace = Keyspace.open(KEYSPACE1);
    ColumnFamilyStore cfs = keyspace.getColumnFamilyStore("Super1");
    cfs.disableAutoCompaction();

    DecoratedKey key = Util.dk("tskey");
    ByteBuffer scName = ByteBufferUtil.bytes("TestSuperColumn");

    // a subcolumn
    RowMutation rm = new RowMutation(KEYSPACE1, key.key);
    rm.add(
        "Super1",
        CompositeType.build(scName, ByteBufferUtil.bytes(0)),
        ByteBufferUtil.EMPTY_BYTE_BUFFER,
        FBUtilities.timestampMicros());
    rm.apply();
    cfs.forceBlockingFlush();

    // shadow the subcolumn with a supercolumn tombstone
    rm = new RowMutation(KEYSPACE1, key.key);
    rm.deleteRange(
        "Super1",
        SuperColumns.startOf(scName),
        SuperColumns.endOf(scName),
        FBUtilities.timestampMicros());
    rm.apply();
    cfs.forceBlockingFlush();

    CompactionManager.instance.performMaximal(cfs);
    assertEquals(1, cfs.getSSTables().size());

    // check that the shadowed column is gone
    SSTableReader sstable = cfs.getSSTables().iterator().next();
    Range keyRange =
        new Range<RowPosition>(key, sstable.partitioner.getMinimumToken().maxKeyBound());
    SSTableScanner scanner = sstable.getScanner(DataRange.forKeyRange(keyRange));
    OnDiskAtomIterator iter = scanner.next();
    assertEquals(key, iter.getKey());
    assert iter.next() instanceof RangeTombstone;
    assert !iter.hasNext();
  }