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When starting to build my first code generation annotation, I've found I can't generate Android classes, such as SharedPreferences, since I start with a Java Library module in order to extend AbstractProcessor. I'm using kotlinpoet to generate my class, but need to create a property that is of type SharedPreferences.Editor which doesn't seem to be supported. I'm trying to something like the following:

val editorProperty = PropertySpec.builder("editor", android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor)

but this fails since the android package is not available. Does anyone know a workaround for this or is it just not possible?

Martin Zeitler
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You can simply use 

PropertySpec.builder("editor",ClassName("android.content", "SharedPreferences.Editor"))

as kotlin poet doc says - Type names are dumb identifiers only and do not model the values they name.

Yrii Borodkin
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    Didn't even think about `ClassName`. And to quote the docs: "The `ClassName` type is very important, and you'll need it frequently when you're using KotlinPoet." haha! Thank you! – James B Feb 21 '20 at 19:22