if ( type.isComponentType() ) {
							// should process tokens till reaching the number of "?" corresponding to the
							// numberOfParametersCoveredBy of the compositeType
							int paramIndex = 1;
							final int numberOfParametersCoveredBy = getNumberOfParametersCoveredBy( ((ComponentType) type).getSubtypes() );
							while ( paramIndex < numberOfParametersCoveredBy ) {
								final String nextToken = tokens.nextToken();
								if ( "?".equals( nextToken ) ) {
									paramIndex++;
								}
								result.append( nextToken );
							}
						}