// if the first child of OutMediator isn't an AutoscaleOutMediator
if (!(outSequence.getList().get(0) instanceof AutoscaleOutMediator)) {
// we gonna add it!
outSequence.getList().add(0, new AutoscaleOutMediator());
if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
log.debug("Added Mediator: " + outSequence.getChild(0) + "" +
" to OutMediator. Number of child mediators in OutMediator" +
" is " + outSequence.getList().size() + ".");