core/src/main/java/io/tracee/contextlogger/ConnectorFactory.java
final Connector createConnector(final String connectorConfigurationName) {

        Map<String, String> propertyMap = this.getPropertiesForConnectorConfigurationName(connectorConfigurationName);
        String type = propertyMap.get(TraceeContextLoggerConstants.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_CONTEXT_LOGGER_CONNECTOR_TYPE);

        // get canonical class name for well known connectors
        if (WELL_KNOW_CONNECTOR_MAPPINGS.containsKey(type)) {
            type = WELL_KNOW_CONNECTOR_MAPPINGS.get(type);
        }

        try {

            // try to create connector instance
            Connector connector = (Connector)Class.forName(type).newInstance();

            // now try to call init method
            connector.init(propertyMap);

            return connector;

        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            LOGGER.error("An error occurred while creating connector with name '" + connectorConfigurationName + "' of type '" + type + "'", e);
        }

        return null;
    }
final Connector createConnector(final String connectorConfigurationName) {

        Map<String, String> propertyMap = this.getPropertiesForConnectorConfigurationName(connectorConfigurationName);
        String type = propertyMap.get(TraceeContextLoggerConstants.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_CONTEXT_LOGGER_CONNECTOR_TYPE);

        // get canonical class name for well known connectors
        if (WELL_KNOW_CONNECTOR_MAPPINGS.containsKey(type)) {
            type = WELL_KNOW_CONNECTOR_MAPPINGS.get(type);
        }

        try {

            // try to create connector instance
            Connector connector = (Connector)Class.forName(type).newInstance();

            // now try to call init method
            connector.init(propertyMap);

            return connector;

        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            LOGGER.error("An error occurred while creating connector with name '" + connectorConfigurationName + "' of type '" + type + "'", e);
        }

        return null;
    }
Tries to create a Connector for a given connector configuration name.

@param connectorConfigurationName the name of the connector configuration
@return the connector if it could be created and initialized without error, otherwise null