List<RegionPlan> plans = new ArrayList<RegionPlan>();
//perform a scan of the meta to get the latest updates (if any)
SnapshotOfRegionAssignmentFromMeta snaphotOfRegionAssignment =
new SnapshotOfRegionAssignmentFromMeta(super.services.getShortCircuitConnection());
try {
snaphotOfRegionAssignment.initialize();
} catch (IOException ie) {
LOG.warn("Not running balancer since exception was thrown " + ie);
return plans;
}
globalFavoredNodesAssignmentPlan = snaphotOfRegionAssignment.getExistingAssignmentPlan();