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      public String getNodeAttribute(long nodeId, String attributeName) throws ManagementSupportException {

            TEServiceStub.GetNodeAttribute request = new TEServiceStub.GetNodeAttribute();
            request.setAttributeName(attributeName);
            request.setNodeID(nodeId);

            TEServiceStub.GetNodeAttributeResponse response = null;
            try {
                  response = stub.getNodeAttribute(request);
            } catch (RemoteException e) {
                  logger.warn("Fail to call TEService :" + e);
                  throw new ManagementSupportException("Fail to call TEService :" + e);
            }

            if(!response.getStatus().getSuccess()) {
                  logger.warn("TEService return failure while call getNodeAttribute()");
                  throw new ManagementSupportException("TEService return failure while call getNodeAttribute()");
            }
            return response.getAttributeValue();
      }