final IdentityProvides_Type ident = new IdentityProvides_Type();
ident.set_interface(iface);
final IdentityProvides_Type[] newidents = {ident};
provides.setIdentity(newidents);
pr.debugln(memberName + ": found no provides identities, created " +
"new, empty one with iface '" + iface + "'");
return iface; // *** EARLY RETURN ***
}