public Element makeElement(SVGPlot plot){
  Element elem=plot.svgElement(SVGConstants.SVG_PATH_TAG);
  elem.setAttribute(SVGConstants.SVG_D_ATTRIBUTE,buf.toString());
  return elem;
}

public Element makeElement ( SVGPlot plot ) { Element elem = plot . svgElement ( SVGConstants . SVG_PATH_TAG ) ; elem . setAttribute ( SVGConstants . SVG_D_ATTRIBUTE , buf . toString ( ) ) ; return elem ; }
turn the path buffer into an svg element .
