//unique context is more efficient if it is stored as bytes
this.mapContextName = mapContextName.getBytes(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
if ( log.isTraceEnabled() ) log.trace("Created Lazy Map with name:"+mapContextName+", bytes:"+Arrays.toString(this.mapContextName));
//create an rpc channel and add the map as a listener
this.rpcChannel = new RpcChannel(this.mapContextName, channel, this);
//add this map as a message listener
this.channel.addChannelListener(this);
//listen for membership notifications
this.channel.addMembershipListener(this);