local function generate_ring(nodes, num_replicas, hash)

	local new_ring = {};

	for _, node_name in ipairs(nodes) do

		for replica = 1, num_replicas do

			local replica_hash = hash(node_name..":"..replica);

			new_ring[replica_hash] = node_name;

			table.insert(new_ring, replica_hash);

		end

	end

	table.sort(new_ring);

	return new_ring;

end

local hashring_methods = {};

local hashring_mt = {

	__index = function (self, k)

		-- Automatically build self.ring if it's missing

		if k == "ring" then

			local ring = generate_ring(self.nodes, self.num_replicas, self.hash);

			rawset(self, "ring", ring);

			return ring;

		end

		return rawget(hashring_methods, k);

	end

};

local function new(num_replicas, hash_function)

	return setmetatable({ nodes = {}, num_replicas = num_replicas, hash = hash_function }, hashring_mt);

end;

	self.ring = nil;

	table.insert(self.nodes, name);

	return true;

end

function hashring_methods:add_nodes(nodes)

	self.ring = nil;

			table.insert(self.nodes, node_name);

		end

	end

	return true;

end

function hashring_methods:remove_node(node_name)

	self.ring = nil;

		for i, stored_node_name in ipairs(self.nodes) do

			if node_name == stored_node_name then

				self.nodes[node_name] = nil;

				table.remove(self.nodes, i);

				return true;

			end

		end

	end

	return false;

end

function hashring_methods:remove_nodes(nodes)

	self.ring = nil;

	for _, node_name in ipairs(nodes) do

		self:remove_node(node_name);

	end

end

function hashring_methods:clone()

	local clone_hashring = new(self.num_replicas, self.hash);

	return clone_hashring;

end

function hashring_methods:get_node(key)

	local key_hash = self.hash(key);

	for _, replica_hash in ipairs(self.ring) do

		if key_hash < replica_hash then

		end

	end

end

return {

	new = new;

}