log4j slow startup time - could this be a factor?

[Remko Popma]

Maybe the complaints about startup time have to do with this:

note that every time a PatternParser is instantiated, we load all plugins
again...

public PatternParser(final Configuration config, final String
converterKey, final Class<?> expectedClass,
        final Class<?> filterClass) {
    this.config = config;
    final PluginManager manager = new PluginManager(converterKey);
    manager.collectPlugins(config == null ? null : config.getPluginPackages());