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Leader election algorithm...

From: Erik Brakkee <erik_at_brakkee.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:00:52 +0200

Hi,


I am looking for the easiest way to implement a leader election
algorithm in shoal.

What I want to achieve is this:

    * at one particular time, one node is the leader (master)
    * it doesn't matter which node is the leader
    * if a node is the master and other nodes join or leave the group,
      then it is desirable that the same node remains the master.

Of course, I could use shoal and implement a leader election mechanism
myself but perhaps there are easier ways using the shoal APIs.

Cheers
  Erik