private void ConnectToInstance(string instanceAddr, string instancePort, List<WebServiceEntry> webServiceInfoList) { var clientConfig = new ClientConfig(); clientConfig.addAddress(instanceAddr + ":" + instancePort); clientConfig.GroupConfig = new GroupConfig("dev", "dev-pass"); clientConfig.TypeConverter = new MyTypeConverter(); // connect to the hazelcast instance while (client == null) { try { client = HazelcastClient.newHazelcastClient(clientConfig); } catch (Exception) { traceFile.Append("Failed to connect to " + instanceAddr + ":" + instancePort); Thread.Sleep(5000); } } // tell the instances that we're active var mapClient = client.getMap<string, string>("client"); mapClient.put(GetUniqueId(), "active"); var mapWebServiceInfo = client.getMap<String, WebServiceEntry>("webService"); foreach (var nextWebServiceInfo in webServiceInfoList) { mapWebServiceInfo.put(nextWebServiceInfo.Id, nextWebServiceInfo); } }