/** @return the ZooKeeper path used for leadership election by Curator */
private String buildLeaderPath() {
String ns = StringUtils.hasText(namespace) ? namespace : DEFAULT_NAMESPACE;
if (!ns.startsWith("/")) {
ns = "/" + ns;
}
if (!ns.endsWith("/")) {
ns = ns + "/";
}
return String.format(ns + "%s", candidate.getRole());
}
