/**
* Returns the set of current participants in the leader selection
*
* <p><B>NOTE</B> - this method polls the ZK server. Therefore it can possibly return a value that
* does not match {@link #hasLeadership()} as hasLeadership uses a local field of the class.
*
* @return participants
* @throws Exception ZK errors, interruptions, etc.
*/
public Collection<Participant> getParticipants() throws Exception {
Collection<String> participantNodes =
LockInternals.getParticipantNodes(client, latchPath, LOCK_NAME, sorter);
return LeaderSelector.getParticipants(client, participantNodes);
}
