var meta = null;
        if (Context.getLocalClass().get().meta.has(":composite") == true) {
            meta = Context.getLocalClass().get().meta.extract(":composite");
        } else if (Context.getLocalClass().get().meta.has("composite") == true) {
            meta = Context.getLocalClass().get().meta.extract("composite");
        }

        if (meta != null) {
            var m = null;
            for (t in meta) {
                if (t.name == "composite" || t.name == ":composite") {
                    m = t;
                    break;
                }
            }

            var currentRegisterCompositeFn = MacroHelpers.getFunction(fields, "registerComposite");
            if (currentRegisterCompositeFn != null) {
                for (p in m.params) {
                    var s = ExprTools.toString(p);

                    // probably a better way to do this
                    if (s.indexOf("Event") != -1) {
                        MacroHelpers.appendLine(currentRegisterCompositeFn, Context.parseInlineString('_internalEventsClass = ${ExprTools.toString(p)}', pos));
                    } else if (s.indexOf("Builder") != -1) {
                        MacroHelpers.appendLine(currentRegisterCompositeFn, Context.parseInlineString('_compositeBuilderClass = ${ExprTools.toString(p)}', pos));
                    } else if (s.indexOf("Layout") != -1) {
                        MacroHelpers.appendLine(currentRegisterCompositeFn, Context.parseInlineString('_defaultLayoutClass = ${ExprTools.toString(p)}', pos));
                    }
                }
            } else {
                var code:String = "";
                code += "function() {\n";
                code += "super.registerComposite();\n";

                for (p in m.params) {
                    var s = ExprTools.toString(p);

                    // probably a better way to do this
                    if (s.indexOf("Event") != -1) {
                        code += '_internalEventsClass = ${ExprTools.toString(p)};\n';
                    } else if (s.indexOf("Builder") != -1) {
                        code += '_compositeBuilderClass = ${ExprTools.toString(p)};\n';
                    } else if (s.indexOf("Layout") != -1) {
                        code += '_defaultLayoutClass = ${ExprTools.toString(p)};\n';
                    }
                }

                code += "}";

                var access:Array<Access> = [APrivate, AOverride];
                MacroHelpers.addFunction("registerComposite", Context.parseInlineString(code, pos), access, fields, pos);
            }
        }