From a89cbf7c9aa5c9b8b1d1f98cceb17a9848a58a4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Bernard West <pbwest@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 03:25:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Modified clear() to return the event.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/branches/FOP_0-20-0_Alt-Design@195636 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 src/org/apache/fop/xml/XMLEvent.java | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/xml/XMLEvent.java b/src/org/apache/fop/xml/XMLEvent.java
index ec662cac9..0f795ec53 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/xml/XMLEvent.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/xml/XMLEvent.java
@@ -116,14 +116,16 @@ public class XMLEvent {
     /**
      * Clear the fields of this event.  Provided for pool operations.
      * The <i>namespaces</i> field is not cleared.
+     * @return the cleared event.
      */
-    public void clear() {
+    public XMLEvent clear() {
         type = NOEVENT;
         chars = null;
         uriIndex = 0;
         localName = null;
         qName = null;
         attributes = null;
+        return this;
     }
 
     public int getType() { return type; }
-- 
2.39.5