GetCreator returns the Creator specified by the gateway_implementation flag.

NewShardError returns a ShardError which preserves the original error code if possible, adds the connection context and adds a bit to determine whether the keyspace/shard needs to be re-resolved for a potential sharding event (namely, if we were in a transaction).

NewTabletStatusAggregator creates a TabletStatusAggregator.

RegisterCreator registers a Creator with given name.

WaitForTablets is a helper method to wait for the provided tablets, up until the *initialTabletTimeout.

StatusTemplate is the display part to use to show a TabletCacheStatusList.

ShardError is the error about a specific shard.

TabletCacheStatus contains the status per destination for a gateway.

TabletStatusAggregator tracks tablet status for a gateway.

A Gateway is the query processing module for each shard, which is used by ScatterConn.

Creator is the factory method which can create the actual gateway object.

TabletCacheStatusList is a slice of TabletCacheStatus.