- * <li> Engage in shard replica elections which decide which replica should be the primary
- * </p>
- * <p/>
- * <h3>>Creation of Shard replicas</h3
- * <p>
- * When the ShardManager is constructed it reads the cluster configuration to find out which shard replicas
- * belong on this member. It finds out the name of the current cluster member from the Akka Clustering Service.
- * </p>
- * <p/>
- * <h3> Replica Elections </h3>
- * <p/>
- * <p>
- * The Shard Manager uses multiple cues to initiate election.
- * <li> When a member of the cluster dies
- * <li> When a local shard replica dies
- * <li> When a local shard replica comes alive
- * </p>