EntityOwnerSelectionStrategy (sal-distributed-eos 1.11.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntityOwnerSelectionStrategy, FirstCandidateSelectionStrategy, LeastLoadedCandidateSelectionStrategy
```
public interface EntityOwnerSelectionStrategy
```
An EntityOwnerSelectionStrategy is to be used by the EntityOwnershipShard to select a new owner from a collection of candidates.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`getSelectionDelayInMillis()`	Returns the time in millis owner selection should be delayed.
`String`	`newOwner(@Nullable String currentOwner, Collection<String> viableCandidates)`	Selects a new owner from the list of viable candidates.

- Method Detail
  - getSelectionDelayInMillis
```
long getSelectionDelayInMillis()
```
    Returns the time in millis owner selection should be delayed.
    
    Returns:
    
    the time in millis owner selection should be delayed
  - newOwner
```
String newOwner(@Nullable String currentOwner,
                Collection<String> viableCandidates)
```
    Selects a new owner from the list of viable candidates.
    
    Parameters:
    
    currentOwner - the current owner of the entity if any, null otherwise
    
    viableCandidates - the available candidates from which to choose the new owner
    
    Returns:
    
    the new owner