7. The method of claim 6 , wherein portions of the parser definition that have been sent to the instance of the parser class but which have not yet been processed by the instance of the parser class are staged in a queue associated with the instance of the parser class.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein portions of the parser definition that have been sent to the instance of the parser class but which have not yet been processed by the instance of the parser class are staged in a queue associated with the instance of the parser class. 8. The method of claim 7 , wherein sending at least a portion of the set of log data to the parser instance prior to compilation of said parser instance being completed includes sending to the parser instance a subset of log data that is associated with said second node of the parser instance; wherein the instance of the parser class is configured to leave said subset of log data associated with said second node in the queue until compilation of portions of the parser definition associated with the second node, and any parent nodes of the second node, is completed.