public Plugin instatiate(PluginType type, String name) {
logger.info("trying to instatiate filter: " + name);
Plugin ret = null;
try {
ret = this.plugins.get(type).get(name).newInstance();
logger.info("instatiation successful");
} catch (InstantiationException e) {
logger.throwing(this.getClass().toString(), "instatiate()", e);