// INTERFACE ==================================================================================
public void init(final FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
// at first, parse filter configuration
final ServletConfig config = getConfig(filterConfig);
// if the configuration enables the filter...
if (config.isEnabled()) {
// ... based on config, create the central reporter service
reporter = config.getReporter();
reporter.start();
// ... finally install the appender(s)
connector = new AutoLogConnector(config, reporter);
connector.start();