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<code>public StringBuffer generate(final String packageName, final PackageElement packageElement, final String className, final Element element, final ProcessingEnvironment processingEnvironment) throws GenerationException { final Messager messager = processingEnvironment.getMessager(); messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.NOTE, <START> "Starting code adf for [" + className + "]"); <END> final TypeElement classElement = (TypeElement) element; final String annotationName = MainProcessor.ANNOTATION_RULE_CAN_DOCK; final String ruleId = MainProcessor.toValidId(className); final String ruleDefinitionId = ((TypeElement) element).getQualifiedName().toString(); List<String> roles = null; for (final AnnotationMirror am : classElement.getAnnotationMirrors()) { if (annotationName.equals(am.getAnnotationType().toString())) { for (Map.Entry<? extends ExecutableElement, ? extends AnnotationValue> entry : am.getElementValues().entrySet()) { AnnotationValue aval = entry.getValue(); if ("roles".equals(entry.getKey().getSimpleName().toString())) { roles = (List<String>) aval.getValue(); } } break; } } Map<String, Object> root = new HashMap<String, Object>(); root.put("ruleId", ruleId); root.put("ruleDefinitionId", ruleDefinitionId); root.put("roles", roles); final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); final BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(sw); try { final Template template = config.getTemplate("DockingRule.ftl"); template.process(root, bw); } catch (IOException ioe) { throw new GenerationException(ioe); } catch (TemplateException te) { throw new GenerationException(te); } finally { try { bw.close(); sw.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { throw new GenerationException(ioe); } } messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.NOTE, "Successfully generated code for [" + className + "]"); processingContext.addRule(ruleId, ProcessingRule.TYPE.DOCKING, sw.getBuffer()); return null; }</code><technical_language>hey @pefernan , this one... is a typo</technical_language>

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public StringBuffer generate(final String packageName, final PackageElement packageElement, final String className, final Element element, final ProcessingEnvironment processingEnvironment) throws GenerationException { final Messager messager = processingEnvironment.getMessager(); messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.NOTE, "Starting code generation for [" + className + "]"); final TypeElement classElement = (TypeElement) element; final String annotationName = MainProcessor.ANNOTATION_RULE_CAN_DOCK; final String ruleId = MainProcessor.toValidId(className); final String ruleDefinitionId = ((TypeElement) element).getQualifiedName().toString(); List<String> roles = null; for (final AnnotationMirror am : classElement.getAnnotationMirrors()) { if (annotationName.equals(am.getAnnotationType().toString())) { for (Map.Entry<? extends ExecutableElement, ? extends AnnotationValue> entry : am.getElementValues().entrySet()) { AnnotationValue aval = entry.getValue(); if ("roles".equals(entry.getKey().getSimpleName().toString())) { roles = (List<String>) aval.getValue(); } } break; } } Map<String, Object> root = new HashMap<String, Object>(); root.put("ruleId", ruleId); root.put("ruleDefinitionId", ruleDefinitionId); root.put("roles", roles); final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); final BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(sw); try { final Template template = config.getTemplate("DockingRule.ftl"); template.process(root, bw); } catch (IOException ioe) { throw new GenerationException(ioe); } catch (TemplateException te) { throw new GenerationException(te); } finally { try { bw.close(); sw.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { throw new GenerationException(ioe); } } messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.NOTE, "Successfully generated code for [" + className + "]"); processingContext.addRule(ruleId, ProcessingRule.TYPE.DOCKING, sw.getBuffer()); return null; }