- * @param type Type of the node representing NodeIDType.
- * @param connectionIdentifier identifier with which the application would refer to a given connection.
- * @param params Connection Params in Map format. This is entirely handled by the south-bound
- * plugins and is an opaque value for SAL or Connection Manager. Typical values keyed inside
- * this params are Management IP-Address, Username, Password, Security Keys, etc...
+ * @param type
+ * Type of the node representing NodeIDType.
+ * @param connectionIdentifier
+ * identifier with which the application would refer to a given
+ * connection.
+ * @param params
+ * Connection Params in Map format. This is entirely handled by
+ * the south-bound plugins and is an opaque value for SAL or
+ * Connection Manager. Typical values keyed inside this params
+ * are Management IP-Address, Username, Password, Security Keys,
+ * etc...
+ *
+ * @return Status of the Connect Operation.
+ */
+ public Node connect(String type, String connectionIdentifier,
+ Map<ConnectionConstants, String> params);
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieve list of cluster-members to which Node is connected to
+ *
+ * @param node
+ * Node for which cluster-members to be retrieved