Drop broken support for roles (#2674) (#2675)

(cherry picked from commit e502d2f17a)

Co-authored-by: Josh Mock <joshua.mock@elastic.co>

docs/basic-config.asciidoc

@@ -167,19 +167,11 @@ const client = new Client({
 ----
 
 |`nodeFilter`
-a|`function` - Filters which node not to use for a request. +
+a|`function` - Takes a `Connection` and returns `true` if it can be sent a request, otherwise `false`. +
 _Default:_
 [source,js]
 ----
-function defaultNodeFilter (node) {
+() => true
-  // avoid master only nodes
-  if (node.roles.master === true &&
-      node.roles.data === false &&
-      node.roles.ingest === false) {
-    return false
-  }
-  return true
-}
 ----
 
 |`nodeSelector`

src/client.ts

@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ export interface NodeOptions {
   ssl?: TlsConnectionOptions
   /** @property headers Custom HTTP headers that should be sent with each request */
   headers?: Record<string, any>
-  /** @property roles Common Elasticsearch roles that can be assigned to this node. Can be helpful when writing custom nodeFilter or nodeSelector functions. */
-  roles?: {
-    master: boolean
-    data: boolean
-    ingest: boolean
-    ml: boolean
-  }
 }
 
 export interface ClientOptions {