private void initContainersToBeRemovedFromNM() {
    if (this.containersToBeRemovedFromNM != null) {
      return;
    }
    NodeHeartbeatResponseProtoOrBuilder p = viaProto ? proto : builder;
    List<ContainerIdProto> list = p.getContainersToBeRemovedFromNmList();
    this.containersToBeRemovedFromNM = new ArrayList<ContainerId>();

    for (ContainerIdProto c : list) {
      this.containersToBeRemovedFromNM.add(convertFromProtoFormat(c));
    }
  }