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  package com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.loadbalancing;
  /**
   * Determines how the driver will manage connections to a Cassandra node.
   *
   * <p>The distance is assigned by a {@link LoadBalancingPolicy}.
   */
  public enum NodeDistance {
    /**
     * An "active" distance that, indicates that the driver should maintain connections to the node;
     * it also marks it as "preferred", meaning that the number or capacity of the connections may be
     * higher, and that the node may also have priority for some tasks (for example, being chosen as
     * the control host).
     */
    LOCAL,
    /**
     * An "active" distance that, indicates that the driver should maintain connections to the node;
     * it also marks it as "less preferred", meaning that the number or capacity of the connections
     * may be lower, and that other nodes may have a higher priority for some tasks (for example,
     * being chosen as the control host).
     */
    REMOTE,
    /**
     * An "inactive" distance, that indicates that the driver will not open any connection to the
     * node.
     */
    IGNORED,
  }
  