code: public void startElement(
            StylesheetHandler handler, String uri, String localName, String rawName, Attributes attributes)
              throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
    {
  
      DecimalFormatProperties dfp = new DecimalFormatProperties(handler.nextUid());
      
      dfp.setDOMBackPointer(handler.getOriginatingNode());
      dfp.setLocaterInfo(handler.getLocator());
      
      setPropertiesFromAttributes(handler, rawName, attributes, dfp);
      handler.getStylesheet().setDecimalFormat(dfp);
      
      handler.getStylesheet().appendChild(dfp);
    }
docs: Receive notification of the start of an element.
  
  @param handler The calling StylesheetHandler/TemplatesBuilder.
  @param uri The Namespace URI, or the empty string if the
  element has no Namespace URI or if Namespace
  processing is not being performed.
  @param localName The local name (without prefix), or the
  empty string if Namespace processing is not being
  performed.
  @param rawName The raw XML 1.0 name (with prefix), or the
  empty string if raw names are not available.
  @param attributes The attributes attached to the element.  If
  there are no attributes, it shall be an empty
  Attributes object.
  @see org.apache.xalan.processor.StylesheetHandler#startElement
  @see org.apache.xalan.processor.StylesheetHandler#endElement
  @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#startElement
  @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#endElement
  @see org.xml.sax.Attributes