/**
* Get the available shards from the kinesis
*
* @param streamName Name of the stream from where the shards to be accessed
* @return the list of shards from the given stream
*/
public List<Shard> getShardList(String streamName) {
assert client != null : "Illegal client";
DescribeStreamRequest describeRequest = new DescribeStreamRequest();
describeRequest.setStreamName(streamName);
DescribeStreamResult describeResponse = client.describeStream(describeRequest);
return describeResponse.getStreamDescription().getShards();
}
