public View create(Element elem) 
{
            AttributeSet attrs = elem.getAttributes();
            Object elementName =
                attrs.getAttribute(AbstractDocument.ElementNameAttribute);
            Object o = (elementName != null) ?
                null : attrs.getAttribute(StyleConstants.NameAttribute);
            if (o instanceof HTML.Tag) {
                HTML.Tag kind = (HTML.Tag) o;
                if (kind == HTML.Tag.CONTENT) {
                    return new InlineView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.IMPLIED) {
                    String ws = (String) elem.getAttributes().getAttribute(
                        CSS.Attribute.WHITE_SPACE);
                    if ((ws != null) && ws.equals("pre")) {
                        return new LineView(elem);
                    }
                    return new javax.swing.text.html.ParagraphView(elem);
                } else if ((kind == HTML.Tag.P) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.H1) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.H2) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.H3) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.H4) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.H5) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.H6) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.DT)) {
                    // paragraph
                    return new javax.swing.text.html.ParagraphView(elem);
                } else if ((kind == HTML.Tag.MENU) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.DIR) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.UL)   ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.OL)) {
                    return new ListView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.BODY) {
                    return new BodyBlockView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.HTML) {
                    return new BlockView(elem, View.Y_AXIS);
                } else if ((kind == HTML.Tag.LI) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.CENTER) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.DL) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.DD) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.DIV) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.BLOCKQUOTE) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.PRE) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.FORM)) {
                    // vertical box
                    return new BlockView(elem, View.Y_AXIS);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.NOFRAMES) {
                    return new NoFramesView(elem, View.Y_AXIS);
                } else if (kind==HTML.Tag.IMG) {
                    return new ImageView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.ISINDEX) {
                    return new IsindexView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.HR) {
                    return new HRuleView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.BR) {
                    return new BRView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.TABLE) {
                    return new javax.swing.text.html.TableView(elem);
                } else if ((kind == HTML.Tag.INPUT) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.SELECT) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.TEXTAREA)) {
                    return new FormView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.OBJECT) {
                    return new ObjectView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.FRAMESET) {
                     if (elem.getAttributes().isDefined(HTML.Attribute.ROWS)) {
                         return new FrameSetView(elem, View.Y_AXIS);
                     } else if (elem.getAttributes().isDefined(HTML.Attribute.COLS)) {
                         return new FrameSetView(elem, View.X_AXIS);
                     }
                     throw new RuntimeException("Can't build a"  + kind + ", " + elem + ":" +
                                     "no ROWS or COLS defined.");
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.FRAME) {
                    return new FrameView(elem);
                } else if (kind instanceof HTML.UnknownTag) {
                    return new HiddenTagView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.COMMENT) {
                    return new CommentView(elem);
                } else if (kind == HTML.Tag.HEAD) {
                    // Make the head never visible, and never load its
                    // children. For Cursor positioning,
                    // getNextVisualPositionFrom is overriden to always return
                    // the end offset of the element.
                    return new BlockView(elem, View.X_AXIS) {
                        public float getPreferredSpan(int axis) {
                            return 0;
                        }
                        public float getMinimumSpan(int axis) {
                            return 0;
                        }
                        public float getMaximumSpan(int axis) {
                            return 0;
                        }
                        protected void loadChildren(ViewFactory f) {
                        }
                        public Shape modelToView(int pos, Shape a,
                               Position.Bias b) throws BadLocationException {
                            return a;
                        }
                        public int getNextVisualPositionFrom(int pos,
                                     Position.Bias b, Shape a,
                                     int direction, Position.Bias[] biasRet) {
                            return getElement().getEndOffset();
                        }
                    };
                } else if ((kind == HTML.Tag.TITLE) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.META) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.LINK) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.STYLE) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.SCRIPT) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.AREA) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.MAP) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.PARAM) ||
                           (kind == HTML.Tag.APPLET)) {
                    return new HiddenTagView(elem);
                }
            }
            // If we get here, it's either an element we don't know about
            // or something from StyledDocument that doesn't have a mapping to HTML.
            String nm = (elementName != null) ? (String)elementName :
                                                elem.getName();
            if (nm != null) {
                if (nm.equals(AbstractDocument.ContentElementName)) {
                    return new LabelView(elem);
                } else if (nm.equals(AbstractDocument.ParagraphElementName)) {
                    return new ParagraphView(elem);
                } else if (nm.equals(AbstractDocument.SectionElementName)) {
                    return new BoxView(elem, View.Y_AXIS);
                } else if (nm.equals(StyleConstants.ComponentElementName)) {
                    return new ComponentView(elem);
                } else if (nm.equals(StyleConstants.IconElementName)) {
                    return new IconView(elem);
                }
            }
            // default to text display
            return new LabelView(elem);
}

Creates a view from an element.