return dict
-def isRole(role, shardName, ipAddress, numOfShards=3, numOfRetries=1, sleepFor=3, port=8181):
+def isRole(role, shardName, ipAddress, numOfShards=3, numOfRetries=1, sleepFor=3, port=8181):
"""Given a role (Leader, Follower, Candidate, or IsolatedLeader),
shardname (e.g. shard-inventory-config), controller IP address,
and number of shards on the controller,this function determines if the controller,