if (structure == FormatType.Structure.LEAF) {
// Leaf formats have no internal structure
} else if (structure == FormatType.Structure.SIMPLE_CONTAINER) {
// Simple containers have an empty format placeholder for child
// creation
prototype.addContent(get(FormatType.EMPTY));
// The following code block inserts default values for new
// Formats. This will eventually be required for all formats.
// However at the moment we only set the following required
// fields of the Spatial Iterators....