- apparently [1] if the test method starts with test, surefire will consider the test as junit 3.8 and will
  not call any methods annotated with @Before. Sigh.

[1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/200705.mbox/%3C394431.64158.qm@web83608.mail.sp1.yahoo.com%3E

- This is a modified and hopefully improved version of Raph Goer's patch.

  MDCLevelFilter was renamed as DynamicThresholdFilter.
  
  In particular, the syntax for configuring a DynamicThresholdFilter
  is much shorter and convenient than previously. Here is an example:.
  
	<turboFilter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.turbo.DynamicThresholdFilter">
		<Key>userId</Key>
		<DefaultThreshold>ERROR</DefaultThreshold>
		<MDCValueLevelPair>
			<value>user1</value>
			<level>INFO</level>
		</MDCValueLevelPair>
		<MDCValueLevelPair>
			<value>user2</value>
			<level>TRACE</level>
		</MDCValueLevelPair>

	</turboFilter>

  See also turboDynamicThreshold.xml.

  However, I am not 100% satisfied with the semantics of
  DynamicThresholdFilter. Expect it to change according to
  feedback received on the mailing lists.

- added support for "valueOf" convention.
 Joran now assumes that any class which has a static
 valueOf method taking a String as an argument can
 be built from a string. 
 
 Level, Duration and FileSize classes follow this convention.
 
 This patch is indirectly related to LBCLASSIC-53

  hopefully clearer.
- Joran now support complex types without the need to declare their class
  in the XML element, if the complex type can be instantiated unequivocally.
  This can make config files shorter.

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- added link to Lilith

Escaping is implemented selectively. Cerated a new interface called EscapeUtil.
In particular, FileNamePattern now uses AlmostAsIsEscapeUtil.

See also http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LBCLASSIC-56

  features of the Profiler API

 Code responsible for extracting the string array has been moved into 
 the ThorableToStringArray class. This allows StatusPrinter code
 (in lb-core) to compute string representation of throwables without creating
 a ThrowableInformationConverter (in lb-classic).
 

 Code responsible for extracting the string array has been moved into 
 the ThorableToStringArray class. This allows StatusPrinter code
 (in lb-core) to compute string representation of throwables without creating
 a ThrowableInformationConverter (in lb-classic).
 

- ProfilerRegistry instance are intended to help developers track profilers