public ColumnFamily updateForKey(
      ByteBuffer key, ColumnNameBuilder builder, UpdateParameters params)
      throws InvalidRequestException {
    CFDefinition cfDef = cfm.getCfDef();
    ColumnFamily cf = UnsortedColumns.factory.create(cfm);

    // Inserting the CQL row marker (see #4361)
    // We always need to insert a marker, because of the following situation:
    //   CREATE TABLE t ( k int PRIMARY KEY, c text );
    //   INSERT INTO t(k, c) VALUES (1, 1)
    //   DELETE c FROM t WHERE k = 1;
    //   SELECT * FROM t;
    // The last query should return one row (but with c == null). Adding
    // the marker with the insert make sure the semantic is correct (while making sure a
    // 'DELETE FROM t WHERE k = 1' does remove the row entirely)
    //
    // We never insert markers for Super CF as this would confuse the thrift side.
    if (cfDef.isComposite && !cfDef.isCompact && !cfm.isSuper()) {
      ByteBuffer name = builder.copy().add(ByteBufferUtil.EMPTY_BYTE_BUFFER).build();
      cf.addColumn(params.makeColumn(name, ByteBufferUtil.EMPTY_BYTE_BUFFER));
    }

    List<Operation> updates = getOperations();

    if (cfDef.isCompact) {
      if (builder.componentCount() == 0)
        throw new InvalidRequestException(
            String.format("Missing PRIMARY KEY part %s", cfDef.columns.values().iterator().next()));

      if (cfDef.value == null) {
        // compact + no compact value implies there is no column outside the PK. So no operation
        // could
        // have passed through validation
        assert updates.isEmpty();
        setToEmptyOperation.execute(key, cf, builder.copy(), params);
      } else {
        // compact means we don't have a row marker, so don't accept to set only the PK. See
        // CASSANDRA-5648.
        if (updates.isEmpty())
          throw new InvalidRequestException(
              String.format("Column %s is mandatory for this COMPACT STORAGE table", cfDef.value));

        for (Operation update : updates) update.execute(key, cf, builder.copy(), params);
      }
    } else {
      for (Operation update : updates) update.execute(key, cf, builder.copy(), params);
    }

    return cf;
  }