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+++ b/src/nabble/naml/dom/Element.java	Thu Mar 21 19:15:52 2019 -0600
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+package nabble.naml.dom;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+
+
+public abstract class Element {
+	final ElementName name;
+	final Map<String,Attribute> attrMap = new LinkedHashMap<String,Attribute>();
+	final String spaceAtEndOfOpeningTag;
+	final int lineNumber;
+
+	public Element(ElementName name,Iterable<Attribute> attributes,String spaceAtEndOfOpeningTag,int lineNumber) {
+		this.name = name;
+		for( Attribute attr : attributes ) {
+			attrMap.put(attr.name,attr);
+		}
+		this.spaceAtEndOfOpeningTag = spaceAtEndOfOpeningTag.intern();
+		this.lineNumber = lineNumber;
+	}
+
+	public final ElementName name() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public final Collection<Attribute> attributes() {
+		return attrMap.values();
+	}
+
+	public final Attribute getAttribute(String name) {
+		return attrMap.get(name);
+	}
+
+	public final Map<String,Attribute> attributeMap() {
+		return new HashMap<String,Attribute>(attrMap);
+	}
+
+	public final String spaceAtEndOfOpeningTag() {
+		return spaceAtEndOfOpeningTag;
+	}
+
+	public final int lineNumber() {
+		return lineNumber;
+	}
+
+	final void addStartTag(StringBuilder buf) {
+		buf.append( '<' );
+		buf.append( name );
+		for( Attribute attr : attributes() ) {
+			buf.append( attr );
+		}
+		buf.append( spaceAtEndOfOpeningTag );
+	}
+
+	public abstract String openingTag();
+
+}