+
+ /**
+ * Get the name of of the current member
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ String getMemberName();
+
+ /**
+ * Switch the Raft Behavior of all the local shards to the newBehavior
+ *
+ * @param newBehavior should be either Leader/Follower only
+ * @param term when switching to the Leader specifies for which term the Shard would be the Leader. Any modifications
+ * made to state will be written with this term. This term will then be used by the Raft replication
+ * implementation to decide which modifications should stay and which ones should be removed. Ideally
+ * the term provided when switching to a new Leader should always be higher than the previous term.
+ */
+ void switchAllLocalShardsState(String newBehavior, long term);
+
+ /**
+ * Switch the Raft Behavior of the shard specified by shardName to the newBehavior
+ *
+ * @param shardName a shard that is local to this shard manager
+ * @param newBehavior should be either Leader/Follower only
+ * @param term when switching to the Leader specifies for which term the Shard would be the Leader. Any modifications
+ * made to state will be written with this term. This term will then be used by the Raft replication
+ * implementation to decide which modifications should stay and which ones should be removed. Ideally
+ * the term provided when switching to a new Leader should always be higher than the previous term.
+ */
+ void switchShardState(String shardName, String newBehavior, long term);