Hi Jim Thanks for taking the trouble to work through this.
One easy starting point: The Bodega project on Java.net (https://bodega.dev.java.net/) includes the starter-kit examples in the download and source control. It's not clear from the start page who the project owner is/was, though BT (Brian?) Murphy's configuration samples are explicitly called out and included. It would be nice I think to have at least the Starter Kit in River, if not Brian's configuration samples as well. If someone knows who the owner of the Bodega project is/was, and what the origins of the bits in the project were, that would be helpful. Patrick