/** * 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); }