anchor.diff:  ==== Manually testing
   
   On a *nix command line you can run:
  +
  +[source,bash]
   ----
  -$ logger -p local3.info "type=metric thread.count=7 thread.active=5 heap.permgen.size=20000000"
  +logger -p local3.info "type=metric thread.count=7 thread.active=5 heap.permgen.size=20000000"
   ----
  +
   to add entries to syslog for testing purposes.
   
   === Graphite
   
   The converter also accepts Graphite plaintext format:
  +
   ----
   path value timestamp_in_s
   ----
   
   Or with multiple entries per message:
  +
   ----
   path1 value1 timestamp_in_s1
   path2 value2 timestamp_in_s2
  
positive.code: Where only key and value are accepted and the type is ignored (for now).
  
  Example command:
  ----
  $ echo "my_time:100|ms" | nc -u4 localhost 8125
  ----
  
  === collectd
  
  You must configure the collectd network plugin to send UDP packets.
  ----
  LoadPlugin network
  <Plugin network>
  
negative.code: 
  The converter accepts statsD packets sent via UDP (to the UDP port).
  Format is:
  
  ----
  key:value|type
  ----
  