PluginAttribute.value() looks misnamed, why not call it "name"?

This is better:

    @PluginFactory
    public static ConsoleAppender createAppender(
            @PluginElement("Layout") Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
            @PluginElement("Filters") final Filter filter,
            @PluginAttribute(name= "target", defaultStringValue =
"SYSTEM_OUT") final String targetStr,
            @PluginAttribute("name") final String name,
            @PluginAttribute(name= "follow", defaultBooleanValue = false)
final String follow,
            @PluginAttribute(name= "ignoreExceptions", defaultBooleanValue
= true) final String ignore) {

than:

    @PluginFactory
    public static ConsoleAppender createAppender(
            @PluginElement("Layout") Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
            @PluginElement("Filters") final Filter filter,
            @PluginAttribute(value = "target", defaultStringValue =
"SYSTEM_OUT") final String targetStr,
            @PluginAttribute("name") final String name,
            @PluginAttribute(value = "follow", defaultBooleanValue = false)
final String follow,
            @PluginAttribute(value = "ignoreExceptions",
defaultBooleanValue = true) final String ignore) {

IMO that is...

Gary

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