Tools.populateAnnotationsFromParent(e, this); .parseInt(portElement.getAttributeValue("depth"))); Tools.populateAnnotationsFromParent(portElement, pipi); inputPorts.add(pipi); Integer.parseInt(portElement.getAttributeValue("grain"))); Tools.populateAnnotationsFromParent(portElement, popi); outputPorts.add(popi); .getChild("activity")); Tools.populateAnnotationsFromParent(activityElement, sac); activityList.add(sac);