made the construction of foreign name dom a bit more direct

and simple reducing number of classes


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk@194461 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

8 files changed, 240 insertions, 243 deletions

diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/fo/DirectPropertyListBuilder.java b/src/org/apache/fop/fo/DirectPropertyListBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e039b3731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/fo/DirectPropertyListBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * For details on use and redistribution please refer to the
+ * LICENSE file included with these sources.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.fop.fo;
+
+import org.apache.fop.fo.properties.*;
+import org.apache.fop.svg.*;
+import org.apache.fop.datatypes.*;
+
+import org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/**
+ * This is a property list builder that bypasses overhead.
+ * The attribute list is made available directly so it can
+ * be used to build a dom.
+ * Note: there should be a better way to handle this and
+ * the attribute list is only valid within the startElement
+ * call of the sax events.
+ */
+public class DirectPropertyListBuilder extends PropertyListBuilder {
+
+    public DirectPropertyListBuilder() {
+    }
+
+    public PropertyList makeList(String elementName, Attributes attributes,
+                                 PropertyList parentPropertyList,
+                                 FObj parentFO) throws FOPException {
+        AttrPropertyList ret = new AttrPropertyList(attributes);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public class AttrPropertyList extends PropertyList {
+        Attributes attributes;
+        AttrPropertyList(Attributes attr) {
+            super(null, null, null);
+            attributes = attr;
+        }
+
+        public Attributes getAttributes() {
+            return attributes;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/fo/FOTreeBuilder.java b/src/org/apache/fop/fo/FOTreeBuilder.java
index 72ac6f146..359ca6fbc 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/fo/FOTreeBuilder.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/fo/FOTreeBuilder.java
@@ -140,6 +140,17 @@ public class FOTreeBuilder extends DefaultHandler implements TreeBuilder {
         }
     }
 
+    public void addPropertyListBuilder(String namespaceURI,
+                                       PropertyListBuilder propbuilder) {
+        PropertyListBuilder plb;
+        plb = (PropertyListBuilder)this.propertylistTable.get(namespaceURI);
+        if (plb == null) {
+            this.propertylistTable.put(namespaceURI, propbuilder);
+        } else {
+            // Error already added
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * SAX Handler for characters
      */
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/fo/TreeBuilder.java b/src/org/apache/fop/fo/TreeBuilder.java
index 6b98b7539..5342dd54c 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/fo/TreeBuilder.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/fo/TreeBuilder.java
@@ -7,21 +7,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.fop.fo;
 
-// FOP
-import org.apache.fop.layout.AreaTree;
-import org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException;
-import org.apache.fop.fo.pagination.Root;
-
-// SAX
-import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
-import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
-
 // Java
 import java.util.Hashtable;
-import java.util.Stack;
-import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  */
@@ -47,6 +34,8 @@ public interface TreeBuilder {
      */
     public void addPropertyList(String namespaceURI, Hashtable list);
 
+    public void addPropertyListBuilder(String namespaceURI, PropertyListBuilder list);
+
     /**
      * add a mapping from element name to maker.
      *
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElement.java b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElement.java
index b4f3dd811..211178803 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElement.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElement.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 /**
  * class representing svg:svg pseudo flow object.
  */
-public class SVGElement extends Svg {
+public class SVGElement extends SVGObj {
 
     /**
      * inner class for making SVG objects.
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ public class SVGElement extends Svg {
      * @param propertyList the explicit properties of this object
      */
     public SVGElement(FObj parent, PropertyList propertyList) {
-        super(parent, propertyList);
+        super(parent, propertyList, "svg");
+        init();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -96,19 +97,7 @@ public class SVGElement extends Svg {
         }
 
         /* create an SVG area */
-        /* if width and height are zero, may want to get the bounds of the content. */
-
-        DOMImplementation impl = SVGDOMImplementation.getDOMImplementation();
-        String svgNS = SVGDOMImplementation.SVG_NAMESPACE_URI;
-        Document doc = impl.createDocument(svgNS, "svg", null);
-
-        final Element svgRoot = doc.getDocumentElement();
-
-        try {
-            String baseDir = Configuration.getStringValue("baseDir");
-            ((SVGOMDocument)doc).setURLObject(new URL(baseDir));
-        } catch (Exception e) {}
-
+        /* if width and height are zero, get the bounds of the content. */
         DefaultSVGContext dc = new DefaultSVGContext() {
             public float getPixelToMM() {
                 // 72 dpi
@@ -116,7 +105,7 @@ public class SVGElement extends Svg {
             }
 
             public float getViewportWidth(Element e) throws IllegalStateException {
-                if(e == svgRoot) {
+                if(e == element) {
                     ForeignObjectArea foa = (ForeignObjectArea)area;
                     if(!foa.isContentWidthAuto()) {
                         return foa.getContentWidth();
@@ -126,7 +115,7 @@ public class SVGElement extends Svg {
             }
 
             public float getViewportHeight(Element e) throws IllegalStateException {
-                if(e == svgRoot) {
+                if(e == element) {
                     ForeignObjectArea foa = (ForeignObjectArea)area;
                     if(!foa.isContentHeightAuto()) {
                         return foa.getContentHeight();
@@ -140,11 +129,11 @@ public class SVGElement extends Svg {
             }
         };
         ((SVGOMDocument)doc).setSVGContext(dc);
-        buildTopLevel(doc, svgRoot);
+
         float width =
-            ((SVGSVGElement)svgRoot).getWidth().getBaseVal().getValue();
+            ((SVGSVGElement)element).getWidth().getBaseVal().getValue();
         float height =
-            ((SVGSVGElement)svgRoot).getHeight().getBaseVal().getValue();
+            ((SVGSVGElement)element).getHeight().getBaseVal().getValue();
         SVGArea svg = new SVGArea(fs, width, height);
         svg.setSVGDocument(doc);
         svg.start();
@@ -162,6 +151,22 @@ public class SVGElement extends Svg {
         return new Status(Status.OK);
     }
 
+    private void init() {
+        DOMImplementation impl = SVGDOMImplementation.getDOMImplementation();
+        String svgNS = SVGDOMImplementation.SVG_NAMESPACE_URI;
+        doc = impl.createDocument(svgNS, "svg", null);
+
+        element = doc.getDocumentElement();
+
+        try {
+            String baseDir = Configuration.getStringValue("baseDir");
+            ((SVGOMDocument)doc).setURLObject(new URL(baseDir));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Could not set base URL for svg", e);
+        }
+        buildTopLevel(doc, element);
+    }
+
     public final static List FONT_FAMILY;
     static {
         FONT_FAMILY = new ArrayList();
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElementMapping.java b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElementMapping.java
index c6d876f61..9069a7a0e 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElementMapping.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGElementMapping.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ package org.apache.fop.svg;
 
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 
-import org.apache.fop.fo.properties.SVGPropertyMapping;
+import org.apache.fop.fo.DirectPropertyListBuilder;
 import org.apache.fop.fo.TreeBuilder;
 import org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder;
 import org.apache.fop.fo.ElementMapping;
@@ -19,67 +19,59 @@ public class SVGElementMapping implements ElementMapping {
     public void addToBuilder(TreeBuilder builder) {
         String uri = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
         builder.addMapping(uri, "svg", SVGElement.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "rect", Rect.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "line", Line.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "text", Text.maker());
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "rect", SVGObj.maker("rect"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "line", SVGObj.maker("line"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "text", SVGObj.maker("text"));
 
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "desc", Desc.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "title", Title.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "circle", Circle.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "ellipse", Ellipse.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "g", G.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "polyline", Polyline.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "polygon", Polygon.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "defs", Defs.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "path", Path.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "use", Use.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "tspan", Tspan.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "tref", Tref.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "image", Image.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "style", Style.maker());
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "desc", SVGObj.maker("desc"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "title", SVGObj.maker("title"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "circle", SVGObj.maker("circle"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "ellipse", SVGObj.maker("ellipse"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "g", SVGObj.maker("g"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "polyline", SVGObj.maker("polyline"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "polygon", SVGObj.maker("polygon"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "defs", SVGObj.maker("defs"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "path", SVGObj.maker("path"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "use", SVGObj.maker("use"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "tspan", SVGObj.maker("tspan"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "tref", SVGObj.maker("tref"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "image", SVGObj.maker("image"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "style", SVGObj.maker("style"));
 
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "textPath", TextPath.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "clipPath", ClipPath.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "mask", Mask.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "linearGradient", LinearGradient.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "radialGradient", RadialGradient.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "stop", Stop.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "a", A.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "switch", Switch.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "symbol", Symbol.maker());
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "textPath", SVGObj.maker("textPath"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "clipPath", SVGObj.maker("clipPath"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "mask", SVGObj.maker("mask"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "linearGradient", SVGObj.maker("linearGradient"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "radialGradient", SVGObj.maker("radialGradient"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "stop", SVGObj.maker("stop"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "a", SVGObj.maker("a"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "switch", SVGObj.maker("switch"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "symbol", SVGObj.maker("symbol"));
 
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "pattern", Pattern.maker());
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "pattern", SVGObj.maker("pattern"));
 
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "marker", Marker.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "animate", Animate.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "altGlyph", AltGlyph.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "font", Font.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "glyph", Glyph.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "missing-glyph", MissingGlyph.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "hkern", Hkern.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "vkern", Vkern.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "set", Set.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "animateMotion", AnimateMotion.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "animateColor", AnimateColor.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "animateTransform", AnimateTransform.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "cursor", Cursor.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "filter", Filter.maker());
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "marker", SVGObj.maker("marker"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "animate", SVGObj.maker("animate"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "altGlyph", SVGObj.maker("altGlyph"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "font", SVGObj.maker("font"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "glyph", SVGObj.maker("glyph"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "missing-glyph", SVGObj.maker("missing-glyph"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "hkern", SVGObj.maker("hkern"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "vkern", SVGObj.maker("vkern"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "set", SVGObj.maker("set"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "animateMotion", SVGObj.maker("animateMotion"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "animateColor", SVGObj.maker("animateColor"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "animateTransform", SVGObj.maker("animateTransform"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "cursor", SVGObj.maker("cursor"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "filter", SVGObj.maker("filter"));
 
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "feFlood", FeFlood.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "feGaussianBlur", FeGaussianBlur.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "feOffset", FeOffset.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "feMerge", FeMerge.maker());
-        builder.addMapping(uri, "feMergeNode", FeMergeNode.maker());
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "feFlood", SVGObj.maker("feFlood"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "feGaussianBlur", SVGObj.maker("feGaussianBlur"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "feOffset", SVGObj.maker("feOffset"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "feMerge", SVGObj.maker("feMerge"));
+        builder.addMapping(uri, "feMergeNode", SVGObj.maker("feMergeNode"));
 
-
-        builder.addPropertyList(uri, SVGPropertyMapping.getGenericMappings());
-        /* Add any element mappings */
-        for (Enumeration e = SVGPropertyMapping.getElementMappings();
-                e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
-            String elem = (String)e.nextElement();
-            builder.addElementPropertyList(uri, elem,
-                                           SVGPropertyMapping.getElementMapping(elem));
-        }
+        builder.addPropertyListBuilder(uri, new DirectPropertyListBuilder());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGObj.java b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGObj.java
index 2a215d730..78a84bdda 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGObj.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGObj.java
@@ -7,28 +7,60 @@
 
 package org.apache.fop.svg;
 
-// FOP
 import org.apache.fop.fo.*;
+import org.apache.fop.layout.Area;
+import org.apache.fop.layout.FontState;
+import org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException;
 
-/**
- * Since SVG objects are not layed out then this class checks
- * that this element is not being layed out inside some incorrect
- * element.
- */
-public abstract class SVGObj extends XMLObj {
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+public class SVGObj extends XMLObj {
+    /**
+     * inner class for making svg objects.
+     */
+    public static class Maker extends FObj.Maker {
+        String tag;
+
+        Maker(String str) {
+            tag = str;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * make an svg object.
+         *
+         * @param parent the parent formatting object
+         * @param propertyList the explicit properties of this object
+         *
+         * @return the svg object
+         */
+        public FObj make(FObj parent,
+                         PropertyList propertyList) throws FOPException {
+            return new SVGObj(parent, propertyList, tag);
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
+     * returns the maker for this object.
+     *
+     * @return the maker for an svg object
+     */
+    public static FObj.Maker maker(String str) {
+        return new SVGObj.Maker(str);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * constructs an svg object (called by Maker).
      *
      * @param parent the parent formatting object
      * @param propertyList the explicit properties of this object
      */
-    public SVGObj(FObj parent, PropertyList propertyList) {
-        super(parent, propertyList);
+    protected SVGObj(FObj parent, PropertyList propertyList, String tag) {
+        super(parent, propertyList, tag);
+        this.name = "svg:" + tag;
     }
 
     public String getNameSpace() {
         return "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
     }
-
 }
 
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGStringProperty.java b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGStringProperty.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c483773f2..000000000
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/SVGStringProperty.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * $Id$
- * Copyright (C) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * For details on use and redistribution please refer to the
- * LICENSE file included with these sources.
- */
-
-package org.apache.fop.svg;
-
-import java.util.*;
-
-// FOP
-import org.apache.fop.fo.*;
-import org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException;
-
-/**
- * a class representing all properties in SVG
- */
-public class SVGStringProperty extends Property {
-
-    /**
-     * inner class for making SVG String objects.
-     */
-    public static class Maker extends Property.Maker {
-
-        /**
-         * whether this property is inherited or not.
-         *
-         * @return is this inherited?
-         */
-        public boolean isInherited() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * make an SVG String property with the given value.
-         *
-         * @param propertyList the property list this is a member of
-         * @param value the explicit string value of the property
-         */
-        public Property make(PropertyList propertyList, String value,
-                             FObj fo) throws FOPException {
-            return new SVGStringProperty(propertyList, value);
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * make an SVG String property with the default value.
-         *
-         * @param propertyList the property list the property is a member of
-         */
-        public Property make(PropertyList propertyList) throws FOPException {
-            return make(propertyList, null, null);
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * returns the maker for this object.
-     *
-     * @return the maker for SVG Length objects
-     */
-    public static Property.Maker maker(String name) {
-        return new SVGStringProperty.Maker();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * the value
-     */
-    protected String value;
-
-    /**
-     * construct an SVG String (called by the Maker).
-     *
-     * @param propertyList the property list this is a member of
-     * @param explicitValue the explicit value as a Length object
-     */
-    protected SVGStringProperty(PropertyList propertyList,
-                                String explicitValue) {
-        this.value = explicitValue;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * get the value
-     *
-     * @return the length as a Length object
-     */
-    public String getString() {
-        return this.value;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/XMLObj.java b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/XMLObj.java
index e9b41669b..383005b02 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/svg/XMLObj.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/svg/XMLObj.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException;
 import org.apache.fop.layout.LinkSet;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -26,15 +27,18 @@ import java.util.*;
 public abstract class XMLObj extends FObj {
 
     protected String tagName = "";
-    protected String[] props = {};
+
+    protected Element element;
+    protected Document doc;
 
     /**
      *
      * @param parent the parent formatting object
      * @param propertyList the explicit properties of this object
      */
-    public XMLObj(FObj parent, PropertyList propertyList) {
+    public XMLObj(FObj parent, PropertyList propertyList, String tag) {
         super(parent, propertyList);
+        tagName = tag;
     }
 
     public abstract String getNameSpace();
@@ -42,68 +46,63 @@ public abstract class XMLObj extends FObj {
     protected static Hashtable ns = new Hashtable();
 
     public void addGraphic(Document doc, Element parent) {
-        Element element = doc.createElementNS(getNameSpace(), tagName);
-        // Element element = doc.createElement(tagName);
-        for (int count = 0; count < props.length; count++) {
-            if (this.properties.get(props[count]) != null) {
-                String rf = this.properties.get(props[count]).getString();
-                if (rf != null) {
-                    if (props[count].indexOf(":") == -1) {
-                        element.setAttribute(props[count], rf);
-                    } else {
-                        String pref =
-                            props[count].substring(0,
-                                                   props[count].indexOf(":"));
-                        if (pref.equals("xmlns")) {
-                            ns.put(props[count].substring(props[count].indexOf(":")
-                                                          + 1), rf);
-                        }
-                        ns.put("xlink", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink");
-                        element.setAttributeNS((String)ns.get(pref),
-                                               props[count], rf);
+        this.doc = doc;
+        element = doc.createElementNS(getNameSpace(), tagName);
+
+        if(this.properties instanceof DirectPropertyListBuilder.AttrPropertyList) {
+            Attributes attr = ((DirectPropertyListBuilder.AttrPropertyList)this.properties).getAttributes();
+            for (int count = 0; count < attr.getLength(); count++) {
+                String rf = attr.getValue(count);
+                String qname = attr.getQName(count);
+                if (qname.indexOf(":") == -1) {
+                    element.setAttribute(qname, rf);
+                } else {
+                    String pref =
+                        qname.substring(0, qname.indexOf(":"));
+                    if (pref.equals("xmlns")) {
+                        ns.put(qname.substring(qname.indexOf(":")
+                                                      + 1), rf);
                     }
+                    ns.put("xlink", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink");
+                    element.setAttributeNS((String)ns.get(pref),
+                                           qname, rf);
                 }
             }
+        } else {
         }
+
         parent.appendChild(element);
-        int numChildren = this.children.size();
-        for (int i = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
-            Object child = children.elementAt(i);
-            if (child instanceof XMLObj) {
-                ((XMLObj)child).addGraphic(doc, element);
-            } else if (child instanceof String) {
-                org.w3c.dom.Text text = doc.createTextNode((String)child);
-                element.appendChild(text);
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     public void buildTopLevel(Document doc, Element svgRoot) {
         // build up the info for the top level element
-        for (int count = 0; count < props.length; count++) {
-            if (this.properties.get(props[count]) != null) {
-                String rf = this.properties.get(props[count]).getString();
-                if (rf != null)
-                    svgRoot.setAttributeNS(null, props[count], rf);
-            }
-        }
-        // doc.appendChild(topLevel);
-        int numChildren = this.children.size();
-        for (int i = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
-            Object child = children.elementAt(i);
-            if (child instanceof XMLObj) {
-                ((XMLObj)child).addGraphic(doc, svgRoot);
-            } else if (child instanceof String) {
-                org.w3c.dom.Text text = doc.createTextNode((String)child);
-                svgRoot.appendChild(text);
+        if(this.properties instanceof DirectPropertyListBuilder.AttrPropertyList) {
+            Attributes attr = ((DirectPropertyListBuilder.AttrPropertyList)this.properties).getAttributes();
+            for (int count = 0; count < attr.getLength(); count++) {
+                String rf = attr.getValue(count);
+                String qname = attr.getQName(count);
+                if (qname.indexOf(":") == -1) {
+                    element.setAttribute(qname, rf);
+                } else {
+                    String pref =
+                       qname.substring(0, qname.indexOf(":"));
+                    if (pref.equals("xmlns")) {
+                        ns.put(qname.substring(qname.indexOf(":")
+                                                      + 1), rf);
+                    }
+                    ns.put("xlink", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink");
+                    element.setAttributeNS((String)ns.get(pref),
+                                           qname, rf);
+                }
             }
+        } else {
         }
     }
 
     public Document createBasicDocument() {
-        Document doc = null;
+        doc = null;
 
-        Element svgRoot = null;
+        element = null;
         try {
             // DOMImplementation impl = javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().getDOMImplementation();
             // String ns = GraphElementMapping.URI;
@@ -113,15 +112,26 @@ public abstract class XMLObj extends FObj {
             Element el = doc.createElement("graph");
             doc.appendChild(el);
 
-            svgRoot = doc.getDocumentElement();
-            buildTopLevel(doc, svgRoot);
-
+            element = doc.getDocumentElement();
+            buildTopLevel(doc, element);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
         return doc;
     }
 
+    protected void addChild(FONode child) {
+        if (child instanceof XMLObj) {
+            ((XMLObj)child).addGraphic(doc, element);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void addCharacters(char data[], int start, int length) {
+        String str = new String(data, start, length - start);
+        org.w3c.dom.Text text = doc.createTextNode(str);
+        element.appendChild(text);
+    }
+
     /**
      * layout this formatting object.
      *
@@ -130,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class XMLObj extends FObj {
      */
     public Status layout(Area area) throws FOPException {
         /* generate a warning */
-        System.err.println("WARNING: " + this.name + " outside foreign xml");
+        log.error("" + this.name + " outside foreign xml");
 
         /* return status */
         return new Status(Status.OK);