@Override
        public void initialize(Properties props, WorkerBuildContext context, IndexManager indexManager) {

        // ...

        if ( selectionStrategy.isIndexOwnerLocal() ) {
                String backend = ConfigurationParseHelper.getString( jgroupsProperties, DELEGATE_BACKEND, "local" );

                delegatedBackend = BackendFactory.createBackend( backend, indexManager, context, props );
        }
        this.jgroupsProcessor = jgroupsProcessor;
        this.delegatedBackend = delegatedBackend;
}