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<H2>Elder Death</H2>

If an elder crashes or disconnects from the distributed system, a new
elder is chosen.  When a member of the distributed system needs to
contact the elder, it consults its JavaGroups view to determine which
member is the eldest.  (Note that we assume that all members of the
distributed system have identical JavaGroups views and will, thus,
choose the same member as the elder.)  The member then sends a
grantor-related message (such as a {@link
org.apache.geode.distr