How to create an XML text node with an empty string value (in Java)

Question

I am using a Transform object to save my XML file but it seems to drop empty text nodes. Is there any way to create (and keep) a text node with an empty string

Answer 1

You should anotate your field with

@XmlElement(nillable=true)

Just set it to null and you will get:

It indicates that an element is empty.

Otherwise, if you want just open and close tags, just set its value to "" (empty String). And you will get: