Java tutorial
import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory; import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter; public class EmptyElement { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { XMLOutputFactory outputFactory = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance(); XMLStreamWriter writer = outputFactory.createXMLStreamWriter(System.out); writer.writeEmptyElement("empty"); writer.writeAttribute("attribute", "true"); writer.writeEndDocument(); writer.flush(); // write /> to the console } }