blueflood-core/src/main/java/com/rackspacecloud/blueflood/io/astyanax/AstyanaxWriter.java
public final void insertLocator(Locator locator, MutationBatch mutationBatch) {
        mutationBatch.withRow(CassandraModel.CF_METRICS_LOCATOR, (long) Util.getShard(locator.toString()))
                .putEmptyColumn(locator, TenantTtlProvider.LOCATOR_TTL);
    }
public final void insertLocator(Locator locator, MutationBatch mutationBatch) {
        mutationBatch.withRow(CassandraModel.CF_METRICS_LOCATOR, (long) Util.getShard(locator.toString()))
                .putEmptyColumn(locator, TenantTtlProvider.LOCATOR_TTL);
    }
numeric only!