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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.fo;

import java.util.HashMap;

/**
 * Abstract base class for Element Mappings (including FO Element Mappings)
 * which provide the framework of valid elements and attibutes for a given
 * namespace.
 */
public abstract class ElementMapping {
    /** constant for defining the default value */
    public static final String DEFAULT = "<default>";

    /** The HashMap table of formatting objects defined by the ElementMapping */
    protected HashMap foObjs = null;

    /** The namespace for the ElementMapping */
    protected String namespaceURI = null;

    /**
     * Returns a HashMap of maker objects for this element mapping
     *
     * @return Table of Maker objects for this ElementMapping
     */
    public HashMap getTable() {
        if (foObjs == null) {
            initialize();
        }
        return foObjs;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the namespace URI for this element mapping
     *
     * @return Namespace URI for this element mapping
     */
    public String getNamespaceURI() {
        return namespaceURI;
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the set of maker objects associated with this ElementMapping
     */
    protected abstract void initialize();

    public static class Maker {

        public FONode make(FONode parent) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}