diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/internal/template/AbstractRefasterJavaVisitor.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/internal/template/AbstractRefasterJavaVisitor.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
- * <p>
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * <p>
- * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * <p>
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.openrewrite.java.internal.template;
-
-import org.openrewrite.Cursor;
-import org.openrewrite.ExecutionContext;
-import org.openrewrite.TreeVisitor;
-import org.openrewrite.java.JavaTemplate;
-import org.openrewrite.java.JavaVisitor;
-import org.openrewrite.java.ShortenFullyQualifiedTypeReferences;
-import org.openrewrite.java.cleanup.SimplifyBooleanExpressionVisitor;
-import org.openrewrite.java.cleanup.UnnecessaryParenthesesVisitor;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaCoordinates;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-
-@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-public abstract class AbstractRefasterJavaVisitor extends JavaVisitor<ExecutionContext> {
-
-    protected final <T> Supplier<T> memoize(Supplier<T> delegate) {
-        AtomicReference<T> value = new AtomicReference<>();
-        return () -> {
-            T val = value.get();
-            if (val == null) {
-                val = value.updateAndGet(cur -> cur == null ? Objects.requireNonNull(delegate.get()) : cur);
-            }
-            return val;
-        };
-    }
-
-    protected final JavaTemplate.Matcher matcher(Supplier<JavaTemplate> template, Cursor cursor) {
-        return template.get().matcher(cursor);
-    }
-
-    protected final J apply(Supplier<JavaTemplate> template, Cursor cursor, JavaCoordinates coordinates, Object... parameters) {
-        return template.get().apply(cursor, coordinates, parameters);
-    }
-
-    @Deprecated
-    // to be removed as soon as annotation processor generates required options
-    protected J embed(J j, Cursor cursor, ExecutionContext ctx) {
-        return embed(j, cursor, ctx, EmbeddingOption.values());
-    }
-
-    @SuppressWarnings({"DataFlowIssue", "SameParameterValue"})
-    protected J embed(J j, Cursor cursor, ExecutionContext ctx, EmbeddingOption... options) {
-        EnumSet<EmbeddingOption> optionsSet = options.length > 0 ? EnumSet.copyOf(Arrays.asList(options)) :
-                EnumSet.noneOf(EmbeddingOption.class);
-
-        TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> visitor;
-        if (optionsSet.contains(EmbeddingOption.REMOVE_PARENS) && !getAfterVisit().contains(visitor = new UnnecessaryParenthesesVisitor())) {
-            doAfterVisit(visitor);
-        }
-        if (optionsSet.contains(EmbeddingOption.SHORTEN_NAMES)) {
-            doAfterVisit(ShortenFullyQualifiedTypeReferences.modifyOnly(j));
-        }
-        if (optionsSet.contains(EmbeddingOption.SIMPLIFY_BOOLEANS)) {
-            j = new SimplifyBooleanExpressionVisitor().visitNonNull(j, ctx, cursor.getParent());
-        }
-        return j;
-    }
-
-    protected enum EmbeddingOption {
-        SHORTEN_NAMES, SIMPLIFY_BOOLEANS, REMOVE_PARENS;
-    }
-}