Index: trunk/src/com/kitfox/svg/SVGElement.java
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--- trunk/src/com/kitfox/svg/SVGElement.java	(revision 15904)
+++ trunk/src/com/kitfox/svg/SVGElement.java	(revision 15912)
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -89,10 +90,10 @@
      * Styles defined for this elemnt via the <b>style</b> attribute.
      */
-    protected final HashMap<String, String> inlineStyles = new HashMap<>();
+    private Map<String, String> inlineStyles = Collections.emptyMap();
     /**
      * Presentation attributes set for this element. Ie, any attribute other
      * than the <b>style</b> attribute.
      */
-    protected final HashMap<String, String> presAttributes = new HashMap<>();
+    private Map<String, String> presAttributes = Collections.emptyMap();
     /**
      * A list of presentation attributes to not include in the presentation
@@ -273,5 +274,5 @@
         if (style != null)
         {
-            XMLParseUtil.parseStyle(style, inlineStyles);
+            inlineStyles = XMLParseUtil.parseStyle(style);
         }
 
@@ -299,6 +300,11 @@
             String value = attrs.getValue(i);
 
+            if (i == 0)
+            {
+                presAttributes = new HashMap<>();
+            }
             presAttributes.put(name, value == null ? null : value.intern());
         }
+        presAttributes = XMLParseUtil.toUnmodifiableMap(presAttributes);
     }