\ProvidesPackage{elementstruct}


% The following macro should not be used directly in the user
% configurations. Higher level macros like \InlineTagStart 
% should be used instead
% #1 logical block name
% #2 attributes used only for the current element
\def\InsertTagStart#1#2{%
  \edef\local@properties{\ifx\relax#2\relax\else\space#2\fi}
  \HCode{<\get@tag{#1}\get@block@properties{#1}\local@properties>}%
}
\def\InsertTagEnd#1{\HCode{</\get@tag{#1}>}}

\long\def\InlineElementStart#1#2{\InsertTagStart{#1}{#2}}
\long\def\InlineElementEnd#1{\InsertTagEnd{#1}}

\long\def\BlockElementStart#1#2{\ifvmode\IgnorePar\fi\EndP\InsertTagStart{#1}{#2}}
\long\def\BlockElementEnd#1#2{\ifvmode\IgnorePar\fi\EndP\InsertTagEnd{#1}}

% define default values for a new logical block
\def\NewLogicalBlock#1{%
  \SetTag{#1}{span}%
  \expandafter\def\csname #1:properties\endcsname{}
}

\def\SetTag#1#2{\expandafter\xdef\csname #1:tagname\endcsname{#2}}
\def\get@tag#1{\expandafter\expandafter\csname #1:tagname\endcsname}

\def\SetBlockProperty#1#2#3{%
  \expandafter\ifcsname #1:property:#2\endcsname\else%
  \expandafter\edef\csname #1:properties\endcsname{\csname #1:properties\endcsname\space\csname #1:property:#2\endcsname }
  \fi%
  \expandafter\def\csname #1:property:#2\endcsname{#2="#3"}
}

\def\get@block@properties#1{%
\expandafter\csname #1:properties\endcsname%
}


\endinput