code: public ServiceRefAmp getLocalService()
    {
      ServiceRefAmp serviceRefRoot = _podRoot.getLocalService();
      //ServiceRefAmp serviceRefRoot = _podRoot.getClientService();
      
      if (serviceRefRoot == null) {
        return null;
      }
      
      ServiceRefActive serviceRefLocal = _serviceRefLocal;
      
      if (serviceRefLocal != null) {
        ServiceRefAmp serviceRef = serviceRefLocal.getService(serviceRefRoot);
        
        if (serviceRef != null) {
          return serviceRef;
        }
      }
      
      ServiceRefAmp serviceRef = serviceRefRoot.onLookup(_path);
  
      _serviceRefLocal = new ServiceRefActive(serviceRefRoot, serviceRef);
      
      // serviceRef.start();
      
      return serviceRef;
    }
docs: Returns the active service for this pod and path's hash.
  
  The hash of the path selects the pod's node. The active server is the
  first server in the node's server list that is up.