--- projects/cms/source/host/java/XMLFormatter.java	2000/12/07 23:22:17	1.3
+++ projects/cms/source/host/java/XMLFormatter.java	2000/12/08 12:21:11	1.4
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import java.util.*;
  * calling returnXML() will return a string containing the xml.
  * 
  *
- * @author  $Author: tdb $
- * @version $Id: XMLFormatter.java,v 1.3 2000/12/07 23:22:17 tdb Exp $
+ * @author  $Author: ab11 $
+ * @version $Id: XMLFormatter.java,v 1.4 2000/12/08 12:21:11 ab11 Exp $
  */
 class XMLFormatter {
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class XMLFormatter {
     /**
      * The current CVS revision of this class
      */
-    public final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.3 $";
+    public final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.4 $";
 
 //---STATIC METHODS---
 
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ class XMLFormatter {
     * Takes in one arguement which can contain any valid non xml character ( "<",">" )
     * an example for rootInfo would be "Host"
     */
+    public XMLFormatter(String rootInfo, String attributes){
+
+        myStack = new Stack();
+        xmlData = new String();
+        xmlData = "<"+rootInfo+" "+attributes+">";
+        hostInfo = rootInfo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Public Constructor for the class
+    * Takes in one arguement which can contain any valid non xml character ( "<",">" )
+    * an example for rootInfo would be "Host"
+    */
     public XMLFormatter(String rootInfo){
         myStack = new Stack();
         xmlData = new String();
@@ -60,6 +73,17 @@ class XMLFormatter {
     }
 
 //---PUBLIC METHODS---
+
+   /**
+   * addEement, adds an element to the XML string with attributes
+   * 
+   */
+   public void addElement(String name, String attributes, String value){
+        // check that the strings contain valid data first
+        if (( name.length() != 0 ) && ( value.length() != 0 )){
+            xmlData += "<"+name+" "+attributes+">"+value+"</"+name+">";
+        }
+    }
 
    /**
    * addEement, adds an element to the XML string