com.volantis.mcs.protocols.SpanAttributes protocolAttributes =
new com.volantis.mcs.protocols.SpanAttributes();
element.setVolantisAttributes(protocolAttributes);
element.elementStart(requestContext, attrsAttributes);
// ensure that there is a CSP Container in the protocol attributes
Styles styles = protocolAttributes.getStyles();
assertNotNull("The protocol attributes should have a Styles after" +
"elementStart has been called", styles);