code: protected void fireStartElem(String elemName)
          throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
      {        
          if (m_tracer != null)
          {
              flushMyWriter();
              m_tracer.fireGenerateEvent(SerializerTrace.EVENTTYPE_STARTELEMENT,
                  elemName, m_attributes);     	 
          }       	
      }
docs: Report the start element trace event. This trace method needs to be
  called just before the attributes are cleared.
  
  @param elemName the qualified name of the element