javaxmlstaxwoodstox

XMLEventWriter: how can I tell it to write empty elements?

I do not see an option within javax.xml.stream.XMLEventWriter or javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory to set either up in a way so that empty elements are written (instead of explicit start and end element pairs).

I see that Woodstox has a property to do this, but it is not standardized.

Am I missing any obvious way to do this?

Solution

  • No. There is no semantic difference between <x/> and <x></x> and the standard APIs do not provide a way to request one or the other.