EnsembleProvider (Curator Client 4.2.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExhibitorEnsembleProvider, FixedEnsembleProvider
```
public interface EnsembleProvider
extends java.io.Closeable
```
Abstraction that provides the ZooKeeper connection string

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Curator will call this method when `CuratorZookeeperClient.close()` is called
`java.lang.String`	`getConnectionString()`	Return the current connection string to use.
`void`	`setConnectionString(java.lang.String connectionString)`	A new connection string event was received
`void`	`start()`	Curator will call this method when `CuratorZookeeperClient.start()` is called
`boolean`	`updateServerListEnabled()`	Return true if this ensemble provider supports `ZooKeeper.updateServerList(String)`

- Method Detail
  - start
```
void start()
    throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Curator will call this method when CuratorZookeeperClient.start() is called
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - errors
  - getConnectionString
```
java.lang.String getConnectionString()
```
    Return the current connection string to use. Curator will call this each time it needs to create a ZooKeeper instance
    
    Returns:
    
    connection string (per ZooKeeper(String, int, Watcher) etc.)
  - close
```
void close()
    throws java.io.IOException
```
    Curator will call this method when CuratorZookeeperClient.close() is called
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface java.io.Closeable
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - errors
  - setConnectionString
```
void setConnectionString(java.lang.String connectionString)
```
    A new connection string event was received
    
    Parameters:
    
    connectionString - the new connection string
  - updateServerListEnabled
```
boolean updateServerListEnabled()
```
    Return true if this ensemble provider supports ZooKeeper.updateServerList(String)
    
    Returns:
    
    true/false