@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
    final PluginManager manager = new PluginManager(Core.CATEGORY_NAME);
    manager.collectPlugins();
    plugin = (PluginType<FailoverAppender>) manager.getPluginType("failover");
    assertNotNull("Rebuild this module to make sure annotation processing kicks in.", plugin);

    AppenderRef appenderRef = AppenderRef.createAppenderRef("List", Level.ALL, null);
    node = new Node(null, "failover", plugin);
    Node failoversNode = new Node(node, "Failovers", manager.getPluginType("Failovers"));
    Node appenderRefNode  = new Node(failoversNode, "appenderRef", manager.getPluginType("appenderRef"));
    appenderRefNode.getAttributes().put("ref", "file");
    appenderRefNode.setObject(appenderRef);
    failoversNode.getChildren().add(appenderRefNode);
    failoversNode.setObject(FailoversPlugin.createFailovers(appenderRef));
    node.getAttributes().put("primary", "CONSOLE");
    node.getAttributes().put("name", "Failover");
    node.getChildren().add(failoversNode);
}