// empty string, pass in an empty set of
// annotation type declarations.
if (!matchedStrings.equals(emptyStringSet)) {
for(String s: matchedStrings) {
TypeDeclaration decl = aptenv.declMaker.getTypeDeclaration(s);
AnnotationTypeDeclaration annotdecl;
if (decl == null) {
bark.aptError("DeclarationCreation", s);
} else {
try {
annotdecl = (AnnotationTypeDeclaration)decl;