gradient.setY2(Float.parseFloat(lin.getAttribute("y2")));
}
String ref = lin.getAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href");
if (stringLength(ref) > 0) {
gradient.reference(ref.substring(1));
toResolve.add(gradient);
} else {
NodeList steps = lin.getElementsByTagName("stop");
for (int j=0;j<steps.getLength();j++) {
Element s = (Element) steps.item(j);