io.atomix.group.election

Interface Term

public interface Term

Represents a unique leader election term.

Each time a leader is elected in a group, it's elected for a unique, monotonically increasing term. The elected leader will persist until it becomes disconnected from the cluster or explicitly leaves the group.

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
GroupMember	leader() Returns the leader for the term.
long	term() Returns the term number.

Method Detail

term

long term()

Returns the term number.

The returned term number is guaranteed to be unique to this instance throughout the lifetime of the group and is guaranteed to be greater than all prior terms (monotonically increasing).

Returns:

The election term number.

leader

GroupMember leader()

Returns the leader for the term.

If no leader has been elected for the term, the returned leader will be null. Once a leader has been elected, the leader is guaranteed to persist for the remainder of this term until the leader either leaves the group or becomes disconnected from the cluster.

Returns:

The leader for this term or null if no leader has been elected yet.