public Set<String> getSupportedAnnotationTypes() {
            SupportedAnnotationTypes sat = this.getClass().getAnnotation(SupportedAnnotationTypes.class);
            if  (sat == null) {
                if (isInitialized())
                    processingEnv.getMessager().printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.WARNING,
                                                             "No SupportedAnnotationTypes annotation " +
                                                             "found on " + this.getClass().getName() +
                                                             ", returning an empty set.");
                return Collections.emptySet();
            }
            else
                return arrayToSet(sat.value());
        }