docs: public static void scanClassPathForFormattingAnnotations() {
  
  		ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2);
  
  		// scan classpath and filter out classes that don't begin with "com.nds"
  		Reflections reflections = new Reflections("com.nds","com.cisco");
  
  		Set<Class<?>> annotated = reflections.getTypesAnnotatedWith(DefaultFormat.class);
  
  //        Reflections ciscoReflections = new Reflections("com.cisco");
  //
  //        annotated.addAll(ciscoReflections.getTypesAnnotatedWith(DefaultFormat.class));
  
  		for (Class<?> markerClass : annotated) {
  
  			// if the marker class is indeed implementing FoundationLoggingMarker
  			// interface
  			if (FoundationLoggingMarker.class.isAssignableFrom(markerClass)) {
  
  				final Class<? extends FoundationLoggingMarker> clazz = (Class<? extends FoundationLoggingMarker>) markerClass;
  
  				executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
  
  					@Override
  					public void run() {
  
  						if (markersMap.get(clazz) == null) {
  							try {
  								// generate formatter class for this marker
  								// class
  								generateAndUpdateFormatterInMap(clazz);
  							} catch (Exception e) {
  								LOGGER.trace("problem generating formatter class from static scan method. error is: " + e.toString());
  							}
  						}
  
  					}
  				});
  
  			} else {// if marker class does not implement FoundationLoggingMarker
  					// interface, log ERROR
  
  				// verify the LOGGER was initialized. It might not be as this
  				// Method is called in a static block
  				if (LOGGER == null) {
  					LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractFoundationLoggingMarker.class);
  				}
  				LOGGER.error("Formatter annotations should only appear on foundationLoggingMarker implementations");
  			}
  		}
  
  		try {
  			TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(30);
  		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
  			LOGGER.trace(e.toString(), e);
  		}
  		executorService.shutdown();
  		// try {
  		// executorService.awaitTermination(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
  		// } catch (InterruptedException e) {
  		// LOGGER.error("creation of formatters has been interrupted");
  		// }
  	}