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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.LoaderUtil;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil;

/**
 * Factory for ReliabilityStrategies.
 */
public final class ReliabilityStrategyFactory {
    private ReliabilityStrategyFactory() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@code ReliabilityStrategy} instance based on the value of system property
     * {@code log4j.ReliabilityStrategy}. If not value was specified this method returns a new
     * {@code AwaitUnconditionallyReliabilityStrategy}.
     * <p>
     * Valid values for this system property are {@code "AwaitUnconditionally"} (use
     * {@code AwaitUnconditionallyReliabilityStrategy}), {@code "Locking"} (use {@code LockingReliabilityStrategy}) and
     * {@code "AwaitCompletion"} (use the default {@code AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy}).
     * <p>
     * Users may also use this system property to specify the fully qualified class name of a class that implements the
     * {@code ReliabilityStrategy} and has a constructor that accepts a single {@code LoggerConfig} argument.
     * 
     * @param loggerConfig the LoggerConfig the resulting {@code ReliabilityStrategy} is associated with
     * @return a ReliabilityStrategy that helps the specified LoggerConfig to log events reliably during or after a
     *         configuration change
     */
    public static ReliabilityStrategy getReliabilityStrategy(final LoggerConfig loggerConfig) {

        String strategy = PropertiesUtil.getProperties().getStringProperty("log4j.ReliabilityStrategy",
                "AwaitCompletion");
        if ("AwaitCompletion".equals(strategy)) {
            return new AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy(loggerConfig);
        }
        if ("AwaitUnconditionally".equals(strategy)) {
            return new AwaitUnconditionallyReliabilityStrategy(loggerConfig);
        }
        if ("Locking".equals(strategy)) {
            return new LockingReliabilityStrategy(loggerConfig);
        }
        try {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            Class<? extends ReliabilityStrategy> cls = (Class<? extends ReliabilityStrategy>) LoaderUtil.loadClass(strategy);
            return cls.getConstructor(LoggerConfig.class).newInstance(loggerConfig);
        } catch (Exception dynamicFailed) {
            StatusLogger.getLogger().warn(
                    "Could not create ReliabilityStrategy for '{}', using default AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy: {}", strategy, dynamicFailed);
            return new AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy(loggerConfig);
        }
    }
}

@@ -2942,51 +2942,13 @@
     
-@SuppressWarnings(%22unchecked%22)%0D%0A           
+final
  Cla
@@ -2991,76 +2991,93 @@
 s = 
-(Class%3C? extends ReliabilityStrategy%3E) LoaderUtil.loadClass(strategy
+LoaderUtil.loadClass(strategy).asSubclass(%0D%0A                ReliabilityStrategy.class
 );%0D%0A

Use Class.asSubclass() to remove @SuppressWarnings.