code: protected void loadAttributes()
      {
          try {
              if (!HTMLNorm.getAttribute(el, "colspan").equals(""))
                  colspan = Integer.parseInt(HTMLNorm.getAttribute(el, "colspan"));
              else
                  colspan = 1;
              if (!HTMLNorm.getAttribute(el, "rowspan").equals(""))
                  rowspan = Integer.parseInt(HTMLNorm.getAttribute(el, "rowspan"));
              else
                  rowspan = 1;
          } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
              log.warn("Invalid width value: " + e.getMessage());
          }
      }
docs: Loads the important values from the element attributes.