/**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    public IngestFactory() {
        // Default constructor
    }

    /**
     * Adds an ingester to the factory.
     * The ingester is inserted into the collection and the array is re-sorted by priority.
     * This method is thread-safe.
     *
     * @param ingester the ingester to add
     */
    public synchronized void add(final Ingester ingester) {