fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/Unknown.java

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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.fo;

/**
 * Class for handling an unknown element, for example one from an unsupported
 * namespace.
 * This prevents any further problems arising from the unknown
 * data.
 */
public class Unknown extends FONode {

    /**
     * Inner class for handling the creation of Unknown objects
     */
    public static class Maker extends ElementMapping.Maker {

        /**
         * @param parent the FONode that is the parent of the object to be
         * created
         * @return the created Unknown object
         */
        public FONode make(FONode parent) {
            return new Unknown(parent);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param parent FONode that is the parent of this object
     */
    public Unknown(FONode parent) {
        super(parent);
    }

    private void setup() {
        getLogger().debug("Layout Unknown element");
    }

    /**
     * This is a hook for an FOTreeVisitor subclass to be able to access
     * this object.
     * @param fotv the FOTreeVisitor subclass that can access this object.
     * @see org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeVisitor
     */
    public void acceptVisitor(FOTreeVisitor fotv) {
        fotv.serveUnknown(this);
    }

}