@Override
  public synchronized ElderState getElderState(boolean force) {
    // loners are always the elder
    if (elderState == null) {
      elderState = new ElderState(this);
    }
    return elderState;
  }
Creates a new local distribution manager

@param system The distributed system to which this distribution manager will send messages.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/distributed/internal/LonerDistributionManager.java