Add IInstance.isValid() with default true return value
patch by Jacek Lewandowski; reviewed by Mick Semb Wever for CASSANDRA-17214
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/api/IInstance.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/api/IInstance.java
index 2ff0842..0606572 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/api/IInstance.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/api/IInstance.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
package org.apache.cassandra.distributed.api;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
@@ -52,6 +51,14 @@
boolean isShutdown();
+ /**
+ * Returns true if we can perform any operation or retrieve information from this instance
+ */
+ default boolean isValid()
+ {
+ return true;
+ }
+
Future<Void> shutdown();
Future<Void> shutdown(boolean graceful);