/** The encoding for filtering paths. */
    protected String filterPathEncoding;

    /** An array of supported language codes. */
    protected String[] supportedLanguages;

    /** A list of shutdown hooks to be executed on system shutdown. */
    protected List<Runnable> shutdownHookList = new ArrayList<>();

    /** The previous state of the cluster. */
    protected AtomicInteger previousClusterState = new AtomicInteger(0);