diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c543bb..c43f275 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@
     <enforceStandards>false</enforceStandards>
     <enforceBestPractices>false</enforceBestPractices>
     <plugin.jacoco.skip>false</plugin.jacoco.skip>
+    <version.groovy-templates>5.1.0</version.groovy-templates>
+    <version.plugin.compiler>3.15.0</version.plugin.compiler>
+    <version.plugin.jacoco>0.8.15</version.plugin.jacoco>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
     <module>rwx</module>
+    <module>rwx-processor</module>
     <module>rwx-test</module>
   </modules>
 
@@ -62,9 +66,14 @@
         <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+        <groupId>org.commonjava.rwx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rwx-processor</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
         <artifactId>groovy-templates</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.17</version>
+        <version>${version.groovy-templates}</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
@@ -105,19 +114,19 @@
       <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
           <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.plugin.javadoc}</version>
             <configuration>
               <detectOfflineLinks>false</detectOfflineLinks>
               <additionalOptions>-Xdoclint:none</additionalOptions>
               <additionalJOption>-Xdoclint:none</additionalJOption>
               <doclint>none</doclint>
-              <source>8</source>
+              <source>${javaVersion}</source>
               <links />
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
diff --git a/rwx-processor/pom.xml b/rwx-processor/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea99e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rwx-processor/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. (http://github.com/Commonjava/commonjava)
+
+    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
+
+            http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    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.
+
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.commonjava.rwx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rwx-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>rwx-processor</artifactId>
+
+    <name>RWX::Processor</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.commonjava.rwx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rwx</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-templates</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/rwx/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/core/AnnoProcessor.java b/rwx-processor/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/AnnoProcessor.java
similarity index 94%
rename from rwx/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/core/AnnoProcessor.java
rename to rwx-processor/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/AnnoProcessor.java
index c6920f1..6a0c9a4 100644
--- a/rwx/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/core/AnnoProcessor.java
+++ b/rwx-processor/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/AnnoProcessor.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. (http://github.com/Commonjava/commonjava)
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.commonjava.rwx.core;
+package org.commonjava.rwx.processor;
 
 import groovy.lang.Writable;
 import groovy.text.GStringTemplateEngine;
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.commonjava.rwx.anno.Request;
 import org.commonjava.rwx.anno.Response;
 import org.commonjava.rwx.anno.StructPart;
-import org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils;
 
 import javax.annotation.processing.AbstractProcessor;
 import javax.annotation.processing.Filer;
@@ -41,24 +40,26 @@
 import javax.lang.model.util.Elements;
 import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
 import javax.tools.FileObject;
-import javax.tools.StandardLocation;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.GENERATED;
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.getElementClassByType;
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.getList;
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.getMethodName;
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.getPackageAndClassName;
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.getRegistryClassName;
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.union;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.GENERATED;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.getElementClassByType;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.getList;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.getMethodName;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.getPackageAndClassName;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.getRegistryClassName;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.union;
 
 /**
  * Created by ruhan on 7/24/17.
@@ -128,8 +129,11 @@ private void writeRegistryFile( Set<? extends Element> classes, RoundEnvironment
         List<String> imports = new ArrayList<>();
         List<String> simpleClassNames = new ArrayList<>();
 
+        List<Element> sortedClasses = new ArrayList<>( classes );
+        sortedClasses.sort( Comparator.comparing( e -> ( (TypeElement) e ).getQualifiedName().toString() ) );
+
         Set<String> packageNames = new HashSet<>();
-        for ( Element elem : classes )
+        for ( Element elem : sortedClasses )
         {
             String qName = ( (TypeElement) elem ).getQualifiedName().toString();
             imports.add( qName );
@@ -437,19 +441,15 @@ else if ( sPart != null || aPart != null )
 
     private Template getTemplate( String templateName )
     {
-        Template template;
         try
         {
-            final FileObject resource = processingEnv.getFiler()
-                                                     .getResource( StandardLocation.CLASS_PATH, TEMPLATE_PKG,
-                                                                   templateName );
-            template = engine.createTemplate( resource.toUri().toURL() );
+            final URL resource = AnnoProcessor.class.getResource( "/" + TEMPLATE_PKG + "/" + templateName );
+            return engine.createTemplate( Objects.requireNonNull( resource ) );
         }
         catch ( Exception e )
         {
             throw new IllegalStateException( "Cannot load template: " + TEMPLATE_PKG + "/" + templateName, e );
         }
-        return template;
     }
 
     private void generateOutput( Template template, Map<String, Object> templateParams, String className )
diff --git a/rwx/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/util/ProcessorUtils.java b/rwx-processor/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/ProcessorUtils.java
similarity index 97%
rename from rwx/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/util/ProcessorUtils.java
rename to rwx-processor/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/ProcessorUtils.java
index 621d4fb..2f8c561 100644
--- a/rwx/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/util/ProcessorUtils.java
+++ b/rwx-processor/src/main/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/ProcessorUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. (http://github.com/Commonjava/commonjava)
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.commonjava.rwx.util;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+package org.commonjava.rwx.processor;
 
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -43,9 +42,10 @@ private static void debug( String message )
 
     public static final String GENERATED = "generated";
 
+    @SafeVarargs
     public static <E> Set<? extends E> union( Set<? extends E>... sets )
     {
-        Set<E> es = new HashSet<>();
+        Set<E> es = new LinkedHashSet<>();
         for ( Set<? extends E> s : sets )
         {
             es.addAll( s );
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public static String getRegistryClassName( Set<String> packageNames )
             }
 
             commonPkgName = sb.toString();
-            if ( StringUtils.isBlank( commonPkgName ) )
+            if ( commonPkgName.trim().isEmpty() )
             {
                 return "generated._Registry"; // default
             }
diff --git a/rwx/src/main/resources/groovy/Parser.groovy b/rwx-processor/src/main/resources/groovy/Parser.groovy
similarity index 100%
rename from rwx/src/main/resources/groovy/Parser.groovy
rename to rwx-processor/src/main/resources/groovy/Parser.groovy
diff --git a/rwx/src/main/resources/groovy/Registry.groovy b/rwx-processor/src/main/resources/groovy/Registry.groovy
similarity index 100%
rename from rwx/src/main/resources/groovy/Registry.groovy
rename to rwx-processor/src/main/resources/groovy/Registry.groovy
diff --git a/rwx/src/main/resources/groovy/Renderer.groovy b/rwx-processor/src/main/resources/groovy/Renderer.groovy
similarity index 100%
rename from rwx/src/main/resources/groovy/Renderer.groovy
rename to rwx-processor/src/main/resources/groovy/Renderer.groovy
diff --git a/rwx/src/test/java/org/commonjava/rwx/core/util/ProcessorUtilsTest.java b/rwx-processor/src/test/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/ProcessorUtilsTest.java
similarity index 90%
rename from rwx/src/test/java/org/commonjava/rwx/core/util/ProcessorUtilsTest.java
rename to rwx-processor/src/test/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/ProcessorUtilsTest.java
index 19640c1..2cbf359 100644
--- a/rwx/src/test/java/org/commonjava/rwx/core/util/ProcessorUtilsTest.java
+++ b/rwx-processor/src/test/java/org/commonjava/rwx/processor/ProcessorUtilsTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. (http://github.com/Commonjava/commonjava)
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.commonjava.rwx.core.util;
+package org.commonjava.rwx.processor;
 
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.getElementClassByType;
-import static org.commonjava.rwx.util.ProcessorUtils.getRegistryClassName;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.getElementClassByType;
+import static org.commonjava.rwx.processor.ProcessorUtils.getRegistryClassName;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
diff --git a/rwx-test/pom.xml b/rwx-test/pom.xml
index d685bb1..ea722ef 100644
--- a/rwx-test/pom.xml
+++ b/rwx-test/pom.xml
@@ -45,9 +45,15 @@
                     <generatedSourcesDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</generatedSourcesDirectory>
                     <annotationProcessors>
                         <annotationProcessor>
-                            org.commonjava.rwx.core.AnnoProcessor
+                            org.commonjava.rwx.processor.AnnoProcessor
                         </annotationProcessor>
                     </annotationProcessors>
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                        <path>
+                            <groupId>org.commonjava.rwx</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>rwx-processor</artifactId>
+                        </path>
+                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/rwx/pom.xml b/rwx/pom.xml
index e75cf06..0ca3fac 100644
--- a/rwx/pom.xml
+++ b/rwx/pom.xml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>groovy-templates</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>