# File lib/big_record/family_span_columns.rb, line 31
      def alias_attribute_with_family_span_columns(alias_name, fully_qualified_name)
        # when it's a single column everything's normal but when it's a
        # column family then this actually add accessors for the whole family
        alias_attribute_without_family_span_columns(alias_name, fully_qualified_name)

        # fully_qualified_name ends with ':' => consider it a family span column
        if fully_qualified_name.ends_with?(":")
          # add the accessors for the individual columns
          self.class_eval "def \#{alias_name}(column_key=nil)\nif column_key\nread_attribute(\"\#{fully_qualified_name}\\\#{column_key}\")\nelse\nread_family_attributes(\"\#{fully_qualified_name}\")\nend\nend\ndef set_\#{alias_name}(column_key, value)\nwrite_attribute(\"\#{fully_qualified_name}\\\#{column_key}\", value)\nend\n"
        end
      end